PHOENIX – Attorney General Mayes today announced that a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge sentenced convicted patient broker Corey Dion Beckhum to 3.5 years in prison following guilty verdicts after trial.
Beckhum was found guilty by a Maricopa County Superior Court Jury on June 26, 2025, of one count of Conspiracy to Commit Consideration for Patient Referral and one count of Attempted Consideration for Patient Referral, all relating to his attempt to supply Medicaid recipients to a behavioral health facility in exchange for monetary compensation. Beckhum was sentenced on July 25, 2025.
“Mr. Beckhum tried to profit off the suffering of vulnerable Arizonans by selling access to Medicaid patients like they were commodities,” said Attorney General Mayes. “That’s not just illegal—it’s reprehensible. My office will continue to pursue and prosecute those who exploit our behavioral health system for personal gain. We will not allow criminals to treat people in crisis as paydays.”
Beckhum was indicted in October 2023 following a joint investigation and undercover operation conducted by the Arizona Attorney General’s Health Care Fraud and Abuse Section, and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) Office of Inspector General.
During the course of the investigation, the Defendant engaged in negotiations with undercover agents to establish a specific price the Defendant would be paid in exchange for each Medicaid recipient/patient. Ultimately, the Defendant entered into a “deal” with the undercover agents and took steps to deliver these patients to the behavioral health clinic with the expectation of payment.
Special Agents from the Attorney General’s Health Care Fraud and Abuse Section located approximately eighteen Medicaid recipients that were housed within Defendant’s purported sober living homes across the Valley.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Brett Harames and Assistant Attorney General Vineet Mehta Shaw.
