(The Center Square) – A home health company owner from Richmond, Texas, was sentenced to five years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
Akintunde Oyewale, 47, “operated Grace Healthcare Services LLC and paid medical clinics kickbacks in exchange for generating false home health certifications and patient referrals,” according to a June 13 news release. “Oyewale then billed government health care programs for home health services that were medically unnecessary and not actually provided to patients.”
Efforts by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of Texas have led to the sentence.
Oyewale agreed to pay $1.4 million in restitution to Medicare.
“Oyewale admitted to using the fraudulently obtained funds for his personal financial benefit and for the benefit of his family members,” according to a May 30 news release.
Source: Richmond man receives 5-year prison sentence after $1.4 million fraud scheme / The Center Square