Inside Ohio's Home Health Empire: 7 Buildings, 288 Medicaid Companies, $250 Million

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The front doors are open, but inside, the seven massive complexes appear to be largely abandoned. Smoke detectors chirp for new batteries. No one is there to change them. Some office doors have signs suggesting the owner is out to lunch, but the piles of mail outside tell a different story. Stray cats have taken up residence in the parking lots.