Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a Cook County judge found a suburban physician guilty of defrauding the state out of more than $1.2 million in Medicaid funds. The Attorney General’s office prosecuted Dr. William McMiller, 69, of Oak Park, Illinois, who was found guilty on Friday by Cook County Circuit Court Judge Angela Petrone of theft of government property by deception and theft of government property by unauthorized control, each Class X felonies punishable by six to 30 years in prison, and vendor fraud, a Class 1 felony punishable by four to 20 years in prison. McMiller’s bond was revoked, and he was immediately remanded into custody at the Cook County Jail. His next court date is scheduled for Feb. 29. McMiller is a licensed physician who owns Dr. Bill’s Learning Center, which has two locations, one in Chicago and one in Oak Park. The centers offer tutoring services to children, as well as clinical therapy and psychiatric services. Dr. McMiller’s niece — Jonise Williams, 39, of Matteson, Illinois — handled the billing at Dr. Bill’s Learning Centers.
Together, McMiller and Williams submitted numerous claims to Illinois’ Medicaid program for psychotherapy and medical services that were not provided. Jonise Williams previously pleaded guilty to vendor fraud and was sentenced to probation. The Illinois State Police Medicaid Fraud Control Unit opened an investigation after receiving a referral from the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) Office of the Inspector General. The HFS Office of the Inspector General raised an allegation of fraud against McMiller based on an abnormal number of service hours that he billed each day. In addition, the Office of Inspector General for the US Department of Health and Human Services assisted in investigating the case, participating in a search warrant and obtaining data found on a hard drive that was used during trial.
