Date: 05-13-2021

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State of Minnesota v. Remona Lysa Brown

Case Number: 53-KX-02-000052

Judge: Jeffrey L. Flynn

Court: District Court, Nobles County, Minnesota

Plaintiff's Attorney: Minnesota Attorney General's Office

Defendant's Attorney:

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Description: Worthington, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant who was charged with multiple Medicaid fraud felony charges relating to billings by Caring & Compassionate Healthcare Agency (CCHA), a home care nursing agency that also had a location in Lansing, Michigan.

From 2012 to 2015, CCHA defrauded Minnesota's Medicaid program by:

Billing for registered nurse and licensed practical nurse services when the services were actually provided by personal care assistants, medical assistants and certified nursing assistants.
Billing for registered nurse services when the services were actually provided by a licensed practical nurse.
Billing for services that did not occur, as evidenced by billing for hours far in excess of those documented by a nurse on their timesheet.
Billing for services that did not occur, as evidenced by no documentation existing to support the service as actually being provided.

At trial, the Attorney General's Office said Brown's former employees identified numerous instances of fraud, including the following:

One LPN testified that when she went to perform nursing services at a client's home, the client turned her away, telling the LPN that she did not need services. Brown told her to fill out a timesheet reporting that she provided 12 hours of LPN services that day.
An RN and the mother of a one-year-old client testified that the child only received services during playtime hours and never received overnight services or 24 hours of nursing services in one day. At trial, the jury saw a timesheet from this RN where she documented providing six hours of RN services to the child on a specific day, while Brown billed for 24 hours of services provided.
Another RN testified that she was told by Brown her duties to do whatever housekeeping tasks the client wanted, including washing her walls at a client's house. Employee timesheets indicated that tasks performed at the client's home included such activities. Brown billed for RN services on these dates.

In total, nearly 6,000 fraudulent claims were submitted over a three-year period. Many of the proceeds of this fraudulent billing were deposited in bank accounts in Michigan controlled by Brown's family members, who sent some proceeds back to Brown, according to a release.

Immediately following the verdict, Nobles County District Judge Sherry Haley ordered Brown remanded to custody. Before sentencing, Haley will consider the existence of aggravating factors sought by the state that would increase Brown's potential sentence beyond that authorized by the Minnesota sentencing guidelines.
09/24/2002

Disposition (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding)

1. OFFER FORGED CHECK (Aid/Abet - GOC)
Dismissed
09/24/2002
Disposition (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding)
2. OFFER FORGED CHECK (Aid/Abet - GOC)
Dismissed
09/24/2002
Disposition (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding)
3. OFFER FORGED CHECK (Not applicable - GOC)
Convicted
09/24/2002
Plea (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding)
3. OFFER FORGED CHECK (Not applicable - GOC)
Guilty
01/22/2003
Converted TCIS Criminal Sentence: Stay of Imposition (Judicial Officer: Flynn, Jeffrey L.)
3. OFFER FORGED CHECK (Not applicable - GOC)
07/06/2001 (CNVLEVEL) 609.631.344 (CNVOFFENSE)

01/25/2002 FLD-Case Filed (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
02/12/2002 DOC-Document Filed (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
02/12/2002 Rule 5 Hearing (9:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Connell, Timothy K.)
Result: Converted Activity Status Flag Cancelled
02/25/2002 DOC-Document Filed (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
02/26/2002 Omnibus Hearing (9:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Flynn, Jeffrey L.)
Result: Converted Activity Status Flag Cancelled
02/26/2002 Rule 5 Hearing (9:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Flynn, Jeffrey L.)
Result: Converted Activity Status Flag Occurred
02/27/2002 ORD-Order (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
03/01/2002 DOC-Document Filed (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
03/01/2002 DOC-Document Filed (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
03/01/2002 JAS-Judge Assignment (Judicial Officer: Flynn, Jeffrey L. )
03/04/2002 DOC-Document Filed (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
03/12/2002 Omnibus Hearing (9:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Flynn, Jeffrey L.)
Result: Converted Activity Status Flag Cancelled
03/25/2002 Contested Omnibus (3:00 PM) (Judicial Officer Flynn, Jeffrey L.)
Result: Converted Activity Status Flag Cancelled
05/16/2002 DOC-Document Filed (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
05/20/2002 Contested Omnibus (11:15 AM) (Judicial Officer Flynn, Jeffrey L.)
Result: Converted Activity Status Flag Cancelled
07/29/2002 Contested Omnibus (2:20 PM) (Judicial Officer Flynn, Jeffrey L.)
Result: Converted Activity Status Flag Cancelled
07/29/2002 In Chamber Conference (2:20 PM) (Judicial Officer Flynn, Jeffrey L.)
Result: Converted Activity Status Flag Occurred
08/05/2002 DOC-Document Filed (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
09/13/2002 Contested Omnibus (9:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Flynn, Jeffrey L.)
Result: Converted Activity Status Flag Cancelled
09/24/2002 DOC-Document Filed (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
10/02/2002 Plea Hearing (11:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Flynn, Jeffrey L.)
Result: Converted Activity Status Flag Cancelled
10/21/2002 PSO-Pre-Sentence Investigation Ordered (Judicial Officer: Flynn, Jeffrey L. )
10/21/2002 Plea Hearing (11:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Flynn, Jeffrey L.)
Result: Converted Activity Status Flag Occurred
10/23/2002 ORN-Order with Notice (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
10/24/2002 DOC-Document Filed (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
11/27/2002 PSF-Pre-Sentence Investigation Filed (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
12/02/2002 DOC-Document Filed (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
12/09/2002 Sentencing (1:30 PM) (Judicial Officer Flynn, Jeffrey L.)
Result: Converted Activity Status Flag Cancelled
01/22/2003 Sentencing (1:30 PM) (Judicial Officer Flynn, Jeffrey L.)
Result: Converted Activity Status Flag Occurred
01/23/2003 CLO-Closed (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
01/23/2003 DOC-Document Filed (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
01/23/2003 ORN-Order with Notice (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
01/28/2003 DOC-Document Filed (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
05/02/2003 DOC-Document Filed (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
03/24/2004 DEL-Deliquent Time Payment Notice (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
04/28/2004 DEL-Deliquent Time Payment Notice (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
06/02/2004 DEL-Deliquent Time Payment Notice (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
07/14/2004 DEL-Deliquent Time Payment Notice (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
07/19/2004 DOC-Document Filed (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
11/23/2004 DEL-Deliquent Time Payment Notice (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
11/23/2004 Probation Recommendation Index # 1
11/24/2004 ORD-Order (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
12/24/2004 ARC-Archive (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
08/13/2005 Converted Pending Activity (Judicial Officer: Judge, Presiding )
04/18/2006 Other Document
04/18/2006 Affidavit of Service
04/20/2006 Affidavit of Service
04/24/2006 Order Granting In Forma Pauperis (Judicial Officer: Flynn, Jeffrey L. )
05/04/2006 Other Document
05/08/2006 Other Document
05/15/2006 Application for Public Defender
05/15/2006 Order Denying Public Defender
06/19/2006 CANCELED Hearing (10:10 AM) (Judicial Officer Flynn, Jeffrey L.)
Other

Outcome: Guilty on all counts.

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