A 34-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft for billing Medicaid for mental health therapy services that were never provided, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas.
Tekiyah McLeod served as the registered agent for nLove Community Services, which purported to provide mental health therapy to Medicaid beneficiaries. Ms. McLeod admitted billing Medicaid about $477,872 for services that never took place, including services she purportedly provided to herself. She also used a nurse practitioner’s name and National Provider Identifier to submit claims without the practitioner’s knowledge or consent, and received about $453,323 from Medicaid.
U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison will sentence Ms. McLeod on Dec. 16. She faces up to 10 years in federal prison for healthcare fraud, a mandatory consecutive two-year sentence for aggravated identity theft and a possible fine of up to $250,000. She remains on bond pending sentencing.
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