A Brooklyn man has pleaded guilty to defrauding New York State Medicaid of about $65 million through claims for social adult day care and home health services that were never provided. Ahsan Ijaz, 29, entered his plea on Oct. 2 to conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Ijaz was an owner of Happy Family Social Adult Day Care Center and Family Social Adult Day Care Center in Brooklyn, along with Responsible Care Staffing, a home health care fiscal intermediary. Over roughly seven years, the businesses paid cash kickbacks and bribes to Medicaid recipients to enroll and billed Medicaid for services that were not provided.
