Durham woman gets nearly four years in federal prison for Medicaid scam

A Durham woman is going to federal prison for bilking the Medicaid system out of more than $900,000, U.S. Attorney Robert Higdon announced on Friday. U.S. District Court Judge Louise Flanagan sentenced Tamara Perry McCaffity, 57, to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for filing false claims for reimbursement. She...