DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

Speech Therapist Guilty of Health Care Fraud

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Dissent

Rebecca Lee Rabon, 44, of Houston, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and five counts of health care fraud in relation to a health care fraud scheme that billed Tricare and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas more than $3.7 million, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.

Rabon is a licensed speech therapist and the owner and operator of Rabon Communication Enhancement (RCE), a speech therapy clinic for children.

At the hearing today, she admitted that she worked together with Tiffany Nicole Thompson, 31, to submit claims to insurance providers for services that were not medically necessary and not provided. Rabon further admitted that between March 29, 2009, and Nov. 11, 2013, her clinic did not have the equipment or supplies to provide treatment for dysphagia – a swallowing and oral feeding dysfunction – and that neither she, nor any speech therapist employed at RCE, provided any of those treatments to children at the clinic.

Rabon further admitted she submitted $925,140 in false and fraudulent claims for herself and Thompson and three unsuspecting RCE employees for various medical and speech therapy services that were not provided, and including $110,550 in false and fraudulent claims under the medical insurance of one unsuspecting employee. Rabon admitted she and Thompson sent a forged letter to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas with a false address for the employee to prevent the employee from discovering the fraud.

In total, Tricare and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas received approximately $3,784,642 in false and fraudulent claims from Rabon and paid her approximately $1,285,827 on those claims.

Rabon has been in custody since Jan. 23, 2015, for violating the terms of her pre-trial release.

U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon has set sentencing for June 19, 2015, at which time Rabon faces up to 10 years in prison and a possible $250,000 maximum fine.

Thompson, of Katy, has also pleaded guilty to conspiracy and health care fraud charges related to the scheme and will be sentenced April 17, 2015.

The investigation into Rabon and Thompson was the result of an investigation conducted by agents from the Department of Defense – Criminal Investigative Service with assistance of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas – Special Investigations Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Julie Redlinger is prosecuting the case.

SOURCE: U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas

Okay, but what about the children/patients whose insurance information was misused for the fraudulent enterprise? Have their records been corrected so that they do not suffer loss of benefits in the future? I hope so.

Category: Health DataID TheftInsiderU.S.

Post navigation

← Criminalizing the Overseas Sale of Stolen U.S. Financial Information
ISIS hackers post names and addresses of 100 service members, call for jihad against them →

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • 16 Defendants Federally Charged in Connection with DanaBot Malware Scheme That Infected Computers Worldwide
  • Russian national and leader of Qakbot malware conspiracy indicted in long-running global ransomware scheme
  • Texas Doctor Who Falsely Diagnosed Patients as Part of Insurance Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 10 Years’ Imprisonment
  • VanHelsing ransomware builder leaked on hacking forum
  • Hack of Opexus Was at Root of Massive Federal Data Breach
  • ‘Deep concern’ for domestic abuse survivors as cybercriminals expected to publish confidential abuse survivors’ addresses
  • Western intelligence agencies unite to expose Russian hacking campaign against logistics and tech firms
  • Disrupting Lumma Stealer: Microsoft leads global action against favored cybercrime tool
  • Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online
  • Privilege Under Fire: Protecting Forensic Reports in the Wake of a Data Breach

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • Widow of slain Saudi journalist can’t pursue surveillance claims against Israeli spyware firm
  • Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online
  • GDPR is cracking: Brussels rewrites its prized privacy law
  • Telegram Gave Authorities Data on More than 20,000 Users
  • Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition cameras
  • Cocospy stalkerware apps go offline after data breach
  • Drugmaker Regeneron to acquire 23andMe out of bankruptcy

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.