Valley woman sentenced in Medicaid fraud scheme

Las Vegas, NV - A Las Vegas woman has been sentenced to 10 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,250,223.39 in restitution for defrauding the State of Nevada Medicaid healthcare benefit program by falsely billing for services not provided.

54-year-old Henrietta Binford, had previously plead guilty in November 2023 to one count of Health Care Fraud.

According to court documents and admissions Binford made in court, from January 2017 to August 2017, she devised and executed a scheme to defraud the State of Nevada Medicaid. In connection with Binford’s application to enroll her company Shepherd’s Heart Services, as a medical provider, she did not disclose her criminal history, including prior misdemeanor and felony convictions.

As a result of her false statements on the application, Shepherd’s Heart Services was enrolled in Nevada Medicaid. As part of her scheme, Binford submitted false bills to Nevada Medicaid for services, including counseling services and training, not rendered. In total, Nevada Medicaid paid Shepherd’s Heart Services in excess of $1,000,000 for services not provided to patients.