Tag: Medicaid fraud
Blessings 4 Ever, Medicaid Fraud, Pennsylvania 2023
⏱ 2 min read Blessings 4 Ever Home Care Agency, a Philadelphia-based provider, has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations of False Claims Act violations. The agency, which provides in-home health and personal care services to Pennsylvania Medicaid beneficiaries, submitted claims for payment using falsified documentation and improperly billed for services provided to…
Natavia Boyd-Wells, Medicaid Fraud, Missouri 2022
⏱ 2 min read Natavia Boyd-Wells, the 42-year-old owner of Touch of the Heart Home Health Care LLC, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for defrauding the Missouri Medicaid Program and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs out of $210,000. The scam, which involved submitting hundreds of fraudulent reimbursement claims, was perpetrated in…
Muhammad Zishan, Health Care Fraud and Wire Fraud, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read In a shocking case of Medicaid fraud, three Latham taxi operators and employees have been charged in a $660,000 scam that involved false claims, illegal kickbacks, and inducements to generate Medicaid reimbursements. Muhammad Zishan, Madiha Javed, and Ghazali Shaikh were indicted by a federal grand jury in Albany, New York, as…
Tricia Conroy, Medicaid Enrollment Fraud, Connecticut 2024
⏱ 2 min read Tricia Conroy, the owner of Coastal Diagnostics, a reference laboratory in Branford, Connecticut, has paid $145,720 to settle allegations of Medicaid enrollment fraud. On March 6, 2024, Conroy submitted a Provider Enrollment Application to the Connecticut Medicaid program, falsely stating that her company had no ties to other Medicaid providers. However,…
Mohamed Elias Omer, Medicaid Fraud, Colorado 2026
⏱ 2 min read Mohamed Elias Omer, a 35-year-old man from Colorado, has been accused of running a Medicaid fraud scheme connected to an adult daycare center in Arapahoe County. Omer allegedly offered kickbacks to individuals who referred Medicaid beneficiaries to the Nadina Adult Daycare Center, LLC. The scheme involved offering three $500 kickback payments…
Kenneth L. Richardson, Medicaid Fraud, Rhode Island 2023
⏱ 2 min read Journey to Hope Health and Healing, an opioid treatment provider in Rhode Island, and its former CEO, Kenneth L. Richardson, Jr., have been caught in a massive Medicaid scam. Between January 2015 to July 2021, the company knowingly submitted false claims to the Rhode Island Medicaid program for millions of dollars…
Dr. Warrick Stewart, Medicaid Fraud, Kentucky 2022
⏱ 2 min read Two Kentucky day treatment centers, Recovery Center of Kentucky, and Recovery Center of Ohio, plus their CEO Dr. Warrick Stewart, swindled Medicaid out of $15.2 million. Between August 2022 and June 2025, they sought reimbursement for kids’ education, recreation, and lunch breaks – services that Medicaid doesn’t cover. Recovery Center of…
Donald Booker, Medicaid Fraud Scheme, North Carolina 2023
A Charlotte man has been sentenced to 16+ years in prison for Medicaid fraud. Find out the details of the case and the impact on the North Carolina Medicaid program.
Ashley Nicole Cross, Medicaid Fraud, South Carolina 2021
Learn about the indictment of a Charlotte behavioral health services provider for Medicaid fraud and COVID-19 relief fraud. Find out the charges, allegations, and potential penalties. Discover the details of the healthcare fraud and COVID-19 fraud schemes.
Camille S. Childress, Medicaid Scheme, Missouri 2023
⏱ 3 min read Camille S. Childress, a home health operator out of Alabama, copped to a Medicaid scheme in federal court today. The feds say she knowingly billed Missouri Medicaid for services that never happened. The crime unfolded in the Middle District of Missouri, though Childress is an Alabama resident – a clear sign…
