A home health agency owner and patient recruiter have been arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit, committing healthcare fraud and conspiracy to pay and receive healthcare kickbacks. Okorie Oko, 63, Fresno, is the owner, and Henry C. Dobbins, 57, Houston, is a patient recruiter, respectively, of Elitte Healthcare and Service Inc. The indictment alleges that from 2015 to 2022, Oko billed Medicare for home healthcare services that were never provided and created false medical records. Oko allegedly paid kickbacks to Dobbins, patients and marketers that Elitte employed to obtain new patient referrals. Oko also allegedly billed Medicare for home healthcare services provided to Elitte marketers while transporting and recruiting patients within the community. The indictment further alleges Oko and Elitte fraudulently billed more than $10 million to Medicare.
