Hemal Patel, 59, of Bensalem (Bucks County), forged doctors’ signatures, stole personal identities, and pocketed kickbacks from a home care agency that billed Medicaid for fake services, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
The case is part of the Department of Justice’s 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, which charged 324 people and led to the seizure of more than $245 million in cash, luxury cars, and other assets.
According to federal court documents, Patel ran the scheme from January 2020 to June 2024, funneling fake patients to a home care agency—called Agency-1 in court records—in exchange for cash kickbacks. She received payments as high as $5,000 at a time for referrals, with fees based on hourly billing for services that were never rendered.
Forged Doctor Signatures, Fake Assessments, Overseas Patients
Prosecutors say Patel forged doctors’ certification forms to enroll patients in Pennsylvania’s Community HealthChoices Medicaid waiver program. Two of those patients—identified in court records as Victim-1 and Victim-2—never received care. One had left the U.S. for India, while the other tried to withdraw from the program but was enrolled anyway…