Alexis C. Norman, Medicaid Fraud, Texas 2015

DALLAS, Texas – Alexis C. Norman, 44, of Midlothian, Texas, was sentenced to 105 months in federal prison for her role in a massive Medicaid fraud scheme.

Norman, who was the CEO and Executive Director of Greater Southwest Group, Inc. (GSWG) and Ellis County Community Services (ECCS), was found to have obtained Medicaid group numbers for her companies and used them, along with individual Medicaid provider numbers of licensed counselors and Medicaid recipient information, to submit fraudulent claims to Medicaid.

The indictment alleges that Norman used the identification of more than 500 Medicaid recipients, most of whom were minor children, in her scheme. From December 2, 2009, through July 17, 2014, Norman submitted claims to Medicaid and to Medicaid Managed Care Organizations, through GSWG and ECCS, totaling approximately $5,502,724.88; Norman was paid approximately $2,596,045.97 for these claims.

Norman was also ordered to pay $2,969,045.97 in restitution to Medicaid for her role in the scheme, and an additional $373,000.00 in restitution for her participation in a fraud scheme involving the summer food service program funded by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Norman’s scheme was investigated by the FBI, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General, the Texas Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and the United States Department of Agriculture – Office of Inspector General. Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Brasher prosecuted the case.

Norman’s sentencing is the latest development in a series of cases involving Medicaid fraud in the Northern District of Texas. In February 2015, a friend of Norman’s, Brenda Ward, 48, of Cedar Hill, Texas, was indicted for her role in a similar fraud scheme. Ward was sentenced earlier this year to 57 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $887,809 in restitution to Medicaid.

Norman was remanded into custody at the conclusion of the hearing, and will serve her 105-month sentence in federal prison.

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