Las Vegas, NV (Dept. of Justice) - A Las Vegas nurse practitioner has pleaded guilty to conspiring to fraudulently bill Medicare in exchange for illegal health care kickbacks.
Mary Huntly, 67, was charged with one-count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and pay and receive health care kickbacks. Huntley will be sentenced in October.
According to court documents and admissions made in court by Huntly, she applied medically unnecessary procedures to Medicare beneficiaries that were procured through illegal kickbacks and bribes.
Huntly admitted that, from September 2022 through April 2024, her wound care company fraudulently billed Medicare approximately $14,333,550, and Medicare paid approximately $9,105,563 based on those false claims.
At sentencing, Huntly faces a maximum statutory penalty of five years in prison.