Ms. Kabiwa, along with a co-conspirator, is the owner and operator of Washington, D.C.-based Holy Health Care Services, according to a July 13 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland.
Holy Health was certified as a mental health and rehabilitation services provider by the District of Columbia’s Department of Behavioral Health.
According to the plea agreement, the co-conspirators transported Medicaid beneficiaries to Holy Health’s North Capitol location, where they received a cash bribe in exchange for visiting Holy Health. At Ms. Kabiwa’s direction, these payments were described by employees as “transportation stipends” or as payments from the Agatha Foundation, a nonprofit Ms. Kabiwa founded.
Ms. Kabiwa faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison for healthcare fraud conspiracy.
Read more about the plea agreement here.
