Caleb Mullins, Megan Mullins, and CAMM Care, L.L.C. Defraud U.S. Labor, Tennessee 2024

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – U.S. Attorney Francis M. Hamilton III announced criminal charges against six defendants in connection with alleged schemes to defraud the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Worker’s Compensation Program, Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation (DOL-DEEOIC).

The charges filed in federal court are part of the Justice Department’s 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action. The charges stem from the submission, or causing the submission, of fraudulent claims for home health services that were not actually rendered.

The charges announced today by U.S. Attorney Hamilton are part of a strategically coordinated, two-week nationwide law enforcement action that resulted in criminal charges against 193 defendants for their alleged participation in health care fraud and opioid abuse schemes that, in the aggregate, resulted in the submission of over $2.75 billion in alleged false billings.

The defendants charged in this case include Caleb Mullins, 40, Megan Mullins, 37, both of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and CAMM Care, LLC doing business as Patriot Homecare (CAMM Care).

Caleb Mullins, the owner and President of CAMM Care, and Megan Mullins, the Executive Vice President of CAMM Care, conspired with each other and others not named in the indictment to create and submit fraudulent payment claims for homecare services that were not actually rendered. DOL-DEEOIC administers the health care benefit program designed to compensate current or former Department of Energy employees, vendors, contractors, and subcontractors diagnosed with occupational illnesses causally linked to toxic exposures during their employment.

Among other health care benefits, this program provides home health benefits to qualifying beneficiaries, including skilled nursing care and non-skilled care. The charges announced today are part of the Justice Department’s 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Labor – Office of Inspector General, and the Tennessee Medicaid Fraud Control Unit on this case.

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