McALLEN, Texas – A local durable medical equipment (DME) company owner has been ordered to federal prison for defrauding Medicaid of more than $3 million, U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick announced.
Anna Ramirez-Ambriz, 57, of McAllen, pleaded guilty March 31, 2017, for her role in a Medicaid scam that bilked the Texas Medicaid Program out of $3,143,149.41.
According to officials, Ramirez-Ambriz owned Compassionate Medical Supply located in Edinburg. From 2007 through 2013, she billed Texas Medicaid for higher quantities and more costly incontinence supplies than were actually delivered to more than 100 Texas Medicaid recipients.
Compassionate employees were instructed to provide recipients with fewer and less expensive incontinence supplies than Ramirez-Ambriz billed to Texas Medicaid. As part of her plea, Ramirez-Ambriz admitted she submitted false and fraudulent claims to Texas Medicaid.
U.S. District Judge Randy Crane handed Ramirez-Ambriz a 78-month sentence to be immediately followed by three years of supervised release. She was further ordered to pay more than $3 million in restitution to the Texas Medicaid Program.
The Texas Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, FBI, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrew Swartz and Michael Day are prosecuting the case.
Ramirez-Ambriz was permitted to remain on bond and voluntarily surrender to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.
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Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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