Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a Cook County judge sentenced both the owner of a medical equipment company and the company’s biller to six years in prison for defrauding the state out of more than $100,000 in Medicaid funds. Raoul’s office prosecuted Doreatha Thomas, 61, and Siobahan Booker, 39, both of Olympia Fields, who were sentenced by Cook County Circuit Court Judge Mariano R. Reyna after they were previously found guilty of two counts of theft and one count of vendor fraud. Following the conviction, both Thomas and Booker’s bonds were revoked, and they remain in custody at the Cook County Jail. Thomas owned Integrity Medical & Physician Supplies, a medical equipment supply company in Olympia Fields that sold hospital beds, wheelchairs, canes, and urinary incontinence supplies as well as medical supplies for diabetes patients. Raoul alleged that Thomas and Booker submitted fraudulent claims to Illinois’ Medicaid program for diabetic supplies that were not provided. In several instances, according to Raoul’s office, Integrity Medical & Physician Supplies billed the Medicaid program for more boxes of continuous glucose monitor sensors than patients were actually prescribed. In total, Thomas and Booker defrauded Illinois’ Medicaid program out of nearly $685,000.
