HEALTH SMART PHARMACY INC

NPI 1396036364, organization, Bronx, NY, Pharmacy, Community/Retail Pharmacy

Evidence tier

adjudicated in a public enforcement record

Adjudicated (sentenced) per a state attorney general release dated November 20, 2024.
No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.

Public enforcement record: Attorney General James Announces Sentencing of Former Owner of Over 20 New York City Pharmacies for Running $11 Million Medicaid Fraud Targeting Vulnerable HIV Patients

score 90 of 100, rank 490, $0 at stake

National provider registry

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Name	HEALTH SMART PHARMACY INC
Type	Organization
Status	Active
NPI issued	April 26, 2011, last updated April 26, 2011
Practice location	760 GRAND CONCOURSE, Bronx, NY 10451-3048, 718-618-7081
Authorized official	OMAR MOHAMMAD (pharmacist)
Specialties	Pharmacy, Community/Retail Pharmacy (3336C0003X, primary, license 030555 NY)

In this area

34 providers in Bronx County, NY carry an indicator in the public record, with $69.1M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 27 of them, followed by paid after a public list action on 4. 5 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tier	provider	at stake	why
1	CHRISTIAN OCONNOR Bronx, NY, ranked 22	$32K	Listed on the NY Medicaid exclusion list since October 3, 2021. Medicaid still paid claims in 19 later months, $32,020 in total. and 1 more
1	RESPONSIBLE CARE STAFFING INC Bronx, NY, ranked 40	$4.6M	Adjudicated (pleaded guilty) per a Department of Justice release and an HHS-OIG enforcement record dated August 6, 2025. Medicaid paid $4,563,061 in the last 12 observed months.
1	QUEENS OPTOMETRIC CARE PLLC Bronx, NY, ranked 72	$777K	Listed on the Medicare revocation list since October 25, 2023. Medicaid still paid claims in 11 later months, $777,235 in total.
1	SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER DIABETES, PC Bronx, NY, ranked 150	$99K	Listed on the NY Medicaid exclusion list since December 4, 2018. Medicaid still paid claims in 32 later months, $98,647 in total.
1	WHITE PLAINS RD MEDICAL PC Bronx, NY, ranked 308	$7K	Listed on the NY Medicaid exclusion list since May 16, 2012. Medicaid still paid claims in 3 later months, $6,682 in total.
3	FIELDSTON LODGE CARE CENTER Bronx, NY, ranked 6605	$0	Part of provider network D1-00091, ranked 91 nationally.
3	GOLD CREST CARE CENTER INC. Bronx, NY, ranked 7251	$0	Part of provider network D1-00091, ranked 91 nationally.
4	LUIS GONZALES Bronx, NY, ranked 7395	$7.8M	Hours beyond a day in 10 months, but with up to 849 patients a month across 3 billing organizations, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours. Records needed. and 1 more

All 34 in NY

Recent enforcement in NY

All releases

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DOJIndictedAug 20, 2026

Four Members Of The “War Room” Charged In Connection With $12 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme

Members of a Bronx-based racketeering organization known as the "War Room" fabricated ride data for methadone clinic transportation using a GPS spoofing application, paid Medicaid patients kickbacks in cash and drugs for their enrollment information, provided the fake data to transportation companies that submitted over $12 million in claims to Medicaid, and laundered the proceeds.

DOJIndictedAug 20, 2026

Four Members of the “War Room” Charged in Connection with $12M Medicaid Fraud Scheme

Four members of a Bronx racketeering organization known as the "War Room" fabricated medical transportation ride data using a ride-tracking app and GPS spoofing, paid Medicaid patients at methadone clinics kickbacks in cash and drugs for their enrollment information, provided the fake data to transportation companies that submitted over $12 million in Medicaid claims, and laundered the proceeds.

DOJCivil settlementAug 17, 2026

Safire nursing homes agree to pay $9 million to resolve fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid billing allegations

The United States alleged that Safire submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for skilled rehabilitative therapy services that were not reasonable or necessary, not supported by medical records, not documented as provided, or not provided at all, including by scheduling therapy based on insurer reimbursement policies, pressuring therapists and residents, and manufacturing or altering therapy referrals and medical records.

DOJSentencedJul 21, 2026

Owner of Long Island Ambulette Services Company Sentenced to Prison for Multimillion Dollar Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Arshad and co-conspirators paid kickbacks to Medicaid beneficiaries to order transportation through his companies and billed Medicaid over $19 million for medical transportation rides that were not provided, including for individuals who were deceased, hospitalized or incarcerated, and inflated reimbursements with false pickup addresses and distant treatment centers.

DOJIndictedJul 2, 2026

Two Defendants Charged with Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Fraud Scheme

The defendants, who owned and operated Tri-Hamlet Taxi Inc., allegedly paid kickbacks to Medicaid beneficiaries and submitted more than $35 million in claims to Medicaid for ambulette trips that were not provided or whose costs were inflated by using false pickup or drop-off addresses.

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