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AG: Owner of Pennsylvania home care agency gets a month in prison for Medicaid fraud scheme
BERKS COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — The owner of a Pennsylvania home care agency will spend a month in prison for a Medicaid fraud scheme, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Friday. Gavin Mata, 36, will also be on parole for 22 months and five years of probation after he pled guilty to felony Medicaid fraud and perjury charges, Sunday said. Mata was the owner of A Part of Our Family Home Care Agency, which now has a '404 Error' when you go to its website. Sunday, in a statement, said Mata went through 'great lengths' to carry out the scheme. 'The defendant went to great lengths to perpetrate this fraud scheme, falsifying records and reporting bogus hours for employees without their knowledge,' Attorney General Sunday said. 'Medicaid Fraud takes money and resources away from Pennsylvanians in need of care.' Sunday said false information was submitted in claims between 2020 and 2022 to Medicaid by Mata, such as hours or services that were never performed. Sunday mentioned some patients never signed up for, or got care from, Mata's company. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now When Mata was eventually brought to testify about his payroll records, he lied, Sunday said. Restitution in the amount of $235,778 will also be paid by Mata for collecting reimbursement. The Attorney General's Office investigation included a presentment from the 47th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury. The case was prosecuted by Senior Deputy Attorney General Eric Stryd of the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Section. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Owner of Berks personal care agency sentenced to prison for Medicaid fraud
The owner of a Bally-based personal care agency has been sentenced to state prison for running a scheme that defrauded Medicaid. Gavin Mata, 36, of Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced Wednesday by Berks County Judge Thomas Parisi to one month in prison, followed by 22 months of parole and five years of probation. Mata was also ordered to pay $235,778 in restitution. Mata pleaded guilty in April to felony Medicaid fraud and perjury, as well as a separate count of Medicaid fraud on behalf of the company. He had been charged following an investigation by the state attorney general and a formal accusation of a crime made by the 47th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury. According to officials from the attorney general's office: The investigation showed that between 2020 and 2022 Mata and his company, Part of Our Family Home Care Agency, submitted claims for Medicaid reimbursements using false information or claiming to have provided services that were never done. Some of the claims involved patients that never signed up for or received care from A Part of Our Family, while others regarded employees who were unaware Mata had submitted false claims for hours they allegedly worked. During the grand jury investigation, Mata also testified untruthfully about payroll records. In all, officials documented that Part of Our Family received over $488,349 from Medicaid for nonexistent services. 'The defendant went to great lengths to perpetrate this fraud scheme, falsifying records and reporting bogus hours for employees without their knowledge,' Attorney General David Sunday said in a statement Friday announcing Mata's sentencing. 'Medicaid fraud takes money and resources away from Pennsylvanians in need of care.'
