Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has announced that the Circuit Court for Baltimore County has awarded the State of Maryland $425,940.54 in damages against Komfort & Kare LLC, its former owner and manager LaShera White, its former alternate manager and administrator LaSharn Angelita Brown, and related entities for submitting fraudulent claims to the state’s Medicaid program. Komfort & Kare was an assisted living program that was licensed by the state to provide housing and related services to individuals on Medicaid. After a referral from the Maryland Department of Health, the Office of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Vulnerable Victims Unit (MFVVU) conducted an investigation into Komfort & Kare. The MFVVU found that Komfort & Kare had housed four Medicaid recipients at locations that had not been inspected, approved, or licensed by the state from at least January 10, 2020, through February 17, 2022, putting the residents’ health and safety at risk. The Medicaid program had paid Komfort & Kare nearly $142,000 for these services.
