Somali UN Ambassador Linked to Ohio Health Care Company Sanctioned for Medicaid Fraud, HHS Says

U.S. health officials said the U.N. Security Council president is associated with a Cincinnati home health agency targeted in a federal fraud case.

A view of the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations, in New York, on May 12, 2006. Chris Hondros/Getty Images

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has confirmed that Abukar Dahir Osman, Somalia’s permanent representative to the United Nations and the current president of the U.N. Security Council, is associated with an Ohio-based home health care company that the federal government previously took action against following a Medicaid fraud conviction.

“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 said in a Jan. 5 post on X. “HHS has previously taken action against Progressive in response to a conviction for Medicaid fraud. More to come.”