RAY SHOULDERS

NPI 1295166577, individual, Hurst, TX, Physician Assistant

Evidence tier

adjudicated in a public enforcement record

Adjudicated (convicted) per a Department of Justice release dated January 22, 2024.
No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.

Public enforcement record: Assistant Convicted at Trial of Amniotic Fluid Scam

score 90 of 100, rank 500, $0 at stake

Public list actions

Medicare revocation effective June 21, 2024, barred from re-enrolling until June 21, 2034

424.535(a)(9) failure to report and 424.535(a)(3) felonies, Practitioner - Physician Assistant, TX

OIG exclusion July 20, 2025 under section 1128a1

Ind- Lic HC Serv Pro, Physician Assistant, Beaumont, TX

National provider registry

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Name	RAY SHOULDERS
Type	Individual, sole proprietor
Status	Active
NPI issued	December 11, 2013, last updated June 23, 2017
Practice location	1717 PRECINCT LINE RD STE 200, Hurst, TX 76054-3197, 936-615-8820
Mailing address	4730 N HABANA AVE, STE 204, Tampa, FL 33614
Specialties	Physician Assistant (363A00000X, primary, license PA08775 TX)

In this area

60 providers in Tarrant County, TX carry an indicator in the public record, with $23.4M at stake between them. The most common is part of a provider network, on 46 of them, followed by more hours than a day holds on 11. 3 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tier	provider	at stake	why
1	COMMUNITY CARE MEDICAL CLINICS INC Mansfield, TX, ranked 63	$961K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since March 2, 2020. Medicaid still paid claims in 19 later months, $960,939 in total.
1	NICOLAS AGUILAR Arlington, TX, ranked 147	$102K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since May 8, 2019. Medicaid still paid claims in 21 later months, $101,959 in total.
1	BRIAN CARPENTER Fort Worth, TX, ranked 675	$0	Adjudicated (sentenced) per a Department of Justice release dated December 4, 2024. No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
3	LIPET HOME CARE INC Arlington, TX, ranked 841	$1.7M	Part of provider network D1-00081, ranked 81 nationally. 100% of Medicaid dollars are on codes with a history of abuse.
3	DIAMOND HEART HEALTHCARE, INC. Arlington, TX, ranked 857	$908K	Part of provider network D1-00077, ranked 77 nationally. 100% of Medicaid dollars are on codes with a history of abuse.
3	RHI MAGNOLIA OF NORTH TEXAS, LLC Arlington, TX, ranked 1103	$669K	Part of provider network D1-00062, ranked 62 nationally.
3	ABS PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE CARE LLC Hurst, TX, ranked 1125	$571K	Part of provider network D1-00137, ranked 137 nationally.
3	1ST PRUDENTIAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES, INC Arlington, TX, ranked 1134	$541K	Part of provider network D1-00061, ranked 61 nationally.

All 60 in TX

Recent enforcement in TX

All releases

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DOJCivil settlementAug 26, 2026

Dallas medical clinic to pay $7.5 million to resolve COVID-19 testing overbilling allegations

Aymancare billed the federal government's HRSA Uninsured Program for separate evaluation and management services in addition to COVID-19 specimen collection and testing at pop-up testing sites when no such separate services were performed.

DOJConvictedAug 12, 2026

Scammer pharmacist guilty in $20 million healthcare kickback scheme

Thomas paid over $2 million in kickbacks to the owner of a Houston clinic in exchange for referrals of DOL-OWCP insured patients prescribed high-reimbursement compounded medications, which his pharmacy then billed to DOL-OWCP, receiving more than $20 million in reimbursements.

DOJIndictedJun 24, 2026

U.S. Attorney Announces Major Health Care Fraud Cases in Western District of Texas

Charles is alleged to have received illegal kickbacks for referring patients to San Antonio area hospice companies, causing over $9 million in Medicare claims, while Dr. Duncan settled allegations of billing Medicare and TRICARE for an unapproved amniotic-based product and Trevor's Place settled allegations of submitting inflated TRICARE claims for services not provided.

DOJIndictedJun 23, 2026

Nine charged in SDTX as part of national health care fraud takedown

Nine defendants were indicted in the Southern District of Texas for operating pill mill clinics and a pharmacy that unlawfully distributed controlled substances, billing Medicaid $16 million for mental health services for minors that did not occur, and billing Medicare and TRICARE approximately $906 million for medically unnecessary amniotic wound allografts procured through kickbacks.

DOJChargedJun 23, 2026

Northern District of Texas Charges 13 Health Care Fraudsters for Loss Over $360 Million

Thirteen defendants in the Northern District of Texas were charged in seven cases involving more than $365 million in fraudulent billing to federally-funded programs and other insurers, including laboratory and genetic testing claims procured through kickbacks, transcranial magnetic stimulation treatments billed to TRICARE, medically unnecessary EEG testing, and hospice services never provided.

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