Las Vegas, NV – Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced the sentencing of Marjorie Landron in a Medicaid fraud case. Landron, 48, from Las Vegas, was involved in a scheme related to inadequate record-keeping for services billed to Nevada Medicaid between November 2018 and October 2020.
District Court Judge Jennifer Schwartz sentenced Landron for Intentional Failure to Maintain Adequate Records, classified as a gross misdemeanor. She received a suspended jail sentence of 364 days and was placed on probation. Additionally, she must pay enforcement costs to the Attorney General’s Office.
“Healthcare providers who defraud Medicaid are stealing from Nevada’s most vulnerable residents and taxpayers who fund these essential services,” stated AG Ford. “My office will continue to pursue those who exploit our healthcare system and ensure they face the full consequences of their actions.”
In November 2024, The Healing Tree Wellness Center, LLC (Healing Tree), owned by Landron, was convicted of felony-level Submitting False Claims: Medicaid Fraud. As part of this conviction, Healing Tree was ordered to pay $198,000 in restitution. Those convicted of Medicaid fraud may also be excluded from future participation in Medicaid and Medicare programs.
The investigation began after the Surveillance Utilization Review unit of Nevada Medicaid referred the case against Healing Tree for misrepresented billing practices. It was found that services were not provided as billed by Healing Tree. Furthermore, Landron failed to maintain records substantiating the services purportedly provided to Nevada Medicaid recipients.
The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) investigates financial fraud involving healthcare services or goods provided to Medicaid patients and instances of elder abuse or neglect. The MFCU receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award; the remaining 25 percent is funded by the State of Nevada.
Anyone with suspicions regarding such concerns can contact the MFCU at 702-486-3420 or 775-684-1100.
This case was investigated by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and prosecuted by Senior Deputy Attorney General Steve Sidhu.
View criminal information for The Healing Tree Wellness Center and Marjorie Landron or submit an online complaint with the Office of the Nevada Attorney General.
