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Nevada AG Announces Sentencing of Brothers Behavioral Health and Its Owner

Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that Las Vegas-based Brothers Behavioral Health LLC and its owner, Isai Anaya-Estrada, were sentenced for fraudulently billing Nevada Medicaid for healthcare services that were not provided to recipients. The fraud occurred between January 2021 and January 2023. District Court Judge Maria Gall sentenced Brothers Behavioral and Anaya-Estrada, who were convicted of Submitting False Claims: Medicaid Fraud, a category “D” felony and Intentional Failure to Maintain Adequate Records, a gross misdemeanor, respectively. Anaya-Estrada was sentenced to 364 days in jail, suspended, and placed on probation for one year. As part of the convictions, restitution was ordered for nearly $48,000 to be repaid to Medicaid for the fraudulently obtained funds. Individuals or businesses convicted of Medicaid fraud may also be administratively excluded from future Medicaid and Medicare participation.