Houston Home Health Agency Owner Sentenced to 480 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Defraud Medicare and Medicaid of Mo

TX 2026 Home Health / Home Care
OIG Medicare Fraud
Penalty
$17 million

Outcome

OIG enforcement action against Houston Home Health Agency Owner Sentenced to 480 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Defraud Medicare and Medicaid of Mo for medicare fraud. Penalty: $17 million.

Details

Houston Home Health Agency Owner Sentenced to 480 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Defraud Medicare and Medicaid of Mo — OIG Enforcement (2026)

OIG took enforcement action against Houston Home Health Agency Owner Sentenced to 480 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Defraud Medicare and Medicaid of Mo in TX in 2026 involving medicare fraud violations in the Home Health / Home Care sector.

Penalty: $17 million

Violation types: Medicare Fraud
Entity type: Home Health Agency
Penalty type: Criminal
Location: TX

Source: Houston Home Health Agency Owner Sentenced to 480 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Defraud Medicare and Medicaid of More Than $17 Million

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Source: Houston Home Health Agency Owner Sentenced to 480 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Defraud Medicare and Medicaid of More Than $17 Million

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