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BALTIMORE, MD – Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced the conviction and sentencing of former HomeCentris employee, Falguni Patel, aged 60, of Howard County, for submitting over $25,000 worth of false claims relating to home healthcare services.
Patel falsely claimed to be providing home healthcare services while she worked in person at another job or was out of the country. HomeCentris Healthcare, LLC, previously known as Personal Health Care, Inc., relied on Patel’s statements when submitting claims to Maryland Medicaid.
“Every fraudulent Medicaid claim drains resources from Marylanders who rely on home healthcare to live safely and with dignity,” said Attorney General Brown. “My Office will continue rooting out fraud that exploits this vital program and the people who depend on it.”
On August 3, 2026, Patel pleaded guilty to felony public health fraud before the Honorable Garret P. Glennon, Jr. of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. Judge Glennon sentenced Patel to five years, suspending all but time served, with three years of supervised probation, and to pay restitution of $25,310.51.
This case is part of an ongoing investigation, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Maryland State Police, and the Maryland Department of Health into fraudulent claims in home healthcare.
Attorney General Brown would like to thank the Medicaid Fraud and Vulnerable Victims Unit, particularly Unit Director Zak Shirley, Assistant Attorney General Kurt Davidson, Senior Investigator Carl Stambaugh, Deputy Chief of Investigations Paul Kidd, and Investigative Auditor Yelena Slutskaya for their work on this case, as well as our investigative partners.
The Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud and Vulnerable Victims Unit receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $7,119,096 for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2026. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $2,373,032 for FY 2026, is funded by the State of Maryland.
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