HARRISBURG, Pa. – A Berks County-based home care agency and its owner have been charged in a nearly half million-dollar Medicaid fraud scheme.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced Tuesday that based upon recommendations from the 47th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, A Part of Our Family Home Care Agency in Bally, Pa, and owner Gavin Mata, were charged with Medicaid fraud, theft and tampering with public records.
Mata, 36, of New York, also is charged with identity theft and perjury. Bail was set at $100,000 unsecured.
Authorities say between January 2020 and April 2022, the Medical Assistance program paid A Part of Our Family $488,349 for health care services that were never provided.
Some of the reported clients had never signed up for or received care from A Part of Our Family, and agency employees were not aware Mata had reported these services.