Somalia’s ambassador to the United Nations is linked to an Ohio home health care provider that previously engaged in
Medicaid fraud, a top official with the Department of Health and Human Services revealed Monday.
“I can confirm public speculation that Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman, Permanent Representative of Somalia to the UN and President of the Security Council, is in fact associated with Progressive Health Care Services, a home health agency in Cincinnati,” HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill
wrote on X.
“HHS has previously taken action against Progressive in response to a conviction for Medicaid fraud,” the Trump administration official added.
Osman’s ties to Progressive Health Care Services went viral on social media last week amid the intense scrutiny of
Minnesota’s Somali population in response to fraud scandals involving bogus entities being set up in the state to rake in taxpayer funds meant for the homeless, hungry and people in need of day care for their children.
The UN ambassador is listed as having served as “Managing Director” of Progressive Health Care Services from 2014 until May 2019, overlapping with his tenure as Somalia’s permanent representative in New York, according to a screenshot of his LinkedIn profile, obtained by the
Libs of TikTok social media account.
The account further claims that Osman’s health care business occupied the “same suite” as another company and that there were “multiple others at the same address, all with Somali names.”
Public records list Osman as “President & CEO” of Progressive Health Care Services when it was established as a home health care provider in 2009.