A Putnam County nurse practitioner pleaded guilty to health care fraud. Shawn R. Blankenship was a licensed practitioner and owner of Holistic Inc., a clinic based in St. Albans, who pleaded guilty after admitting to knowingly and willfully making false claims to Medicaid and Managed Care Organizations for medical services that were not provided or necessary, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of West Virginia. The falsified claims amounted to nearly $600,000 in losses. Blankenship will be sentenced on July 21.