Lopez Scott, Healthcare Fraud, Virginia 2020

State: Virginia
Category: White Collar Crime
Source: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/operator-residential-nursing-facility-sentenced-health-care-fraud" style="color:#cc0000;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">DOJ Press Release ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Â Ã¢â‚¬â€

A Portsmouth man has been sentenced to two years in prison for defrauding the Virginia Medicaid program.

NORFOLK, Va. – Lopez Scott, 47, was sentenced today for defrauding the Virginia Medicaid program by submitting over $188,000 in false claims for a residential nursing facility.

For three years, Scott used his position as a nursing home operator to fraudulently obtain over $188,000 from the Virginia Medicaid program, said Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Between October 2016 and October 2019, Scott submitted numerous false and fraudulent claims to Virginia Medicaid, known as the Virginia Medical Assistance Program (VMAP), which misrepresented that 5,847.75 hours of skilled nursing services had been provided to a Medicaid recipient.

As a result, Scott received approximately $188,297.39 in health care payments to which he was not entitled, said Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Lopez Scott operated Turning Points Residential Care, a business authorized to provide residential support services and skilled nursing services to recipients of Medicaid.

When Lopez Scott launched his fraud scheme, he threatened the integrity of the Medicaid program and illegally pocketed taxpayer funds meant to pay for the legitimate care of needy patients, said Special Agent in Charge Maureen R. Dixon of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General.

Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Maureen R. Dixon, Special Agent in Charge of the Office of Inspector General for HHS, made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Robert G. Doumar.

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