DeKalb County, Georgia – Two owners of a behavioral health service are now facing felony charges after a DeKalb County grand jury accused them of running a Medicaid fraud operation for years that allegedly stole more than $1.4 million from Georgia’s public health system.
Attorney General Chris Carr said that Kim Higgins and Marcel Higgins, who both live in Woodstock, have been charged with conspiracy to commit Medicaid fraud and a total of 23 counts of Medicaid fraud. The charges stem from their ownership and operation of Overcomers Day Services, LLC, a behavioral health facility that offered Intensive Family Intervention services to children covered by Georgia Medicaid.
Prosecutors say that the investigation is about billing procedures that were inaccurate from October 2017 to July 2023. During that time, investigators say the defendants made claims for services that were either never given or were delivered by people who did not fulfill Medicaid’s eligibility requirements. The indictment says that this behavior let the business get more than $1.4 million in illegal payments.
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Court documents spell out the different jobs that each defendant has. Marcel Higgins has been reported to have worked as a paraprofessional who directly offered IFI services, and Kim Higgins is said to have been the office manager. Prosecutors say that Kim Higgins was in charge of filing claims with the Georgia Medicaid program and its managed care partners. Some of these claims were for services that she wasn’t competent to do herself.
Carr said that what the people in question did is a significant breach of public trust.
“Those who commit Medicaid fraud are stealing from taxpayers, and they’re abusing a program that’s meant to care for our most vulnerable Georgians,” said Carr. “Theft of public funds won’t be tolerated, and anyone who attempts to exploit the system will be held accountable by our office.”
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On December 10, 2025, the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Patient Protection Division showed a DeKalb County grand jury the proof that backed up the charge. The grand jury brought the indictment against both defendants after looking over the evidence.
A copy of the indictment is publicly available. The Attorney General’s Office did say, though, that they won’t be giving out any more information regarding the investigation or the charges that are still pending.
