North Idaho non-profit director sentenced for $154K Medicaid fraud

A North Idaho woman has been sentenced to three years of probation after orchestrating a scheme to defraud the state’s Medicaid program of more than $150,000.

On January 21, 2026, First District Judge Barry McHugh ordered Tracy Hofius, 49, of Coeur d’Alene, to serve three years of supervised probation and 45 days of community service through the Kootenai County Sheriff's Community Labor Program. As a condition of her sentence, Hofius must also pay $154,119 in restitution back to the Idaho Medicaid program.