An agency owner and an agency operator were each sentenced this month in separate Medicaid fraud cases, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Natavia Boyd-Wells, 42, was sentenced July 14, 2026, to 18 months in prison for defrauding the Missouri Medicaid Program and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs out of $210,000, according to a Department of Justice release.
“While owner of Touch of the Heart Home Health Care LLC, Boyd-Wells submitted hundreds of fraudulent reimbursement claims to the Missouri Medicaid Program and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Care Network,” the DOJ states.
Boyd-Wells submitted claims for services on dates when the veterans were in the hospital and could not have received home services. She also submitted claims knowing services were not provided and that she did not have any documentation of the services.
Camille S. Childress, 41, was sentenced July 21, 2026, to 15 months in prison and ordered to repay $174,496 to Missouri Medicaid.
According to the DOJ, Childress submitted fraudulent documents to enroll her home health care company, Inspiring Angels LLC, with Missouri Medicaid. The paperwork falsely claimed that someone else owned the company. Childress was trying to conceal her ownership due to a 2012 criminal conviction that would have disqualified her from participating.
Childress then submitted fraudulent claims to Missouri Medicaid seeking reimbursement for home health care services that were never provided, the DOJ stated. On numerous occasions, clients were in the hospital and could not have received any health care services at home. On other occasions, Childress submitted claims when the company did not have any timesheet records or documentation of the services. Missouri Medicaid paid $174,496 for claims submitted in 2021 and 2022.
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