Nine Medicaid providers are accused of stealing a combined $530,888 from the government health-care program for the needy, according to indictments filed this month by the office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. “Cheating Medicaid earns you nothing but a court date and a criminal record,” Yost said. “We’re working hard for Ohioans to recover ill-gotten gains and bring fraudsters to justice.” The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, an arm of Yost’s office, investigated the cases and secured the indictments in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. The cases include providers who billed for in-home services when clients were hospitalized, a home-health aide who sent unqualified individuals to care for clients in her place, and a provider who allegedly forged a client’s signature on timesheets.