ST. LOUIS (AP) – The owner of a St. Louis-area mental health clinic has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for billing for therapy for a patient who was already dead. Naim Muhammad of St. Charles pleaded guilty in November to one count of making a false claim to Medicaid. He was sentenced Friday. In addition to the prison time, Muhammad must pay $366,185 in restitution to the Missouri Medicaid program. Muhammad was president of Community Behavioral Health when he billed the Missouri Medicaid program for mental health therapy services to a female patient who was actually deceased.
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