MANDAN – The owner of a former Minot clinic has been sentenced to three years probation after changing her plea to guilty in a Medicaid fraud case in South Central District Court in Morton County Tuesday, Jan. 13.

A complaint had been filed in 2024 by North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigations against Tera Campbell, listed in court records as from Knoxville, Tennessee, alleging she defrauded Medicaid of thousands of dollars through improper billing through The Olive Branch, a children’s and adolescent’s mental health facility that operated in Minot in 2020-2022.

According to court records, an audit and review showed The Olive Branch submitted 73 claims covering services to eight Medicaid recipients between February 2021 and February 2022, totaling $421,171. The Olive Branch received reimbursements of $225,253 for these services, the court complaint stated.

Judicial Officer Jason Hammes ordered Campbell to serve three years with the North Dakota Department of Corrections, which was suspended, and three years of supervised probation, which will be consecutive to a sentence in a federal case that remains active. She also was ordered to pay $1,025 in court fees and $225,253 in restitution. She must provide a DNA sample for inclusion in law enforcement identification databases and submit to fingerprints.

North Dakota investigators worked with those in Wyoming, which led to a federal and multi-state investigation. A federal court case filed in Wyoming alleges fraud by Campbell and her daughter, Tayler Krauss, between December 2020 and October 2022.

The 19 separate counts against Campbell carry a maximum penalty of 174 years in prison and a $4.75 million fine. The 19 charges against Krauss carry a 134-year imprisonment and $4.25 million in fines.