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Attorney General Masto Announces Sentencing of Two California Women for Medicaid Fraud at Washoe Valley Behavioral Health Provider Defendants Double Billed for Equine Facilitated Therapy

Reno, NV - Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto today announced that Suzanne Pindell, 64, of Fork of Salmon, California, and Terra Shepherd, 44, of Chico, California, and the behavioral health company they owned, HealTherapy of Nevada, were each sentenced today for a misdemeanor offense of submission of false Medicaid claims for a scam that double billed for equine facilitated therapy.

Read more on ag.nv.gov

Action Details

  • Date:August 7, 2013
  • Agency:Nevada Attorney General
  • Enforcement Types:
    • State Enforcement Agencies