Once again, multiply this by 50 states
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Luna’s address, 640 Brighton Ave., Portland, appears to be yet another single-building hub for home healthcare businesses drawing millions in Medicaid funding. According to business records, it also hosts Helping Hands Home Care, Hope Home Care, Al-Shawk Home Healthcare, and, until recently, Saveplus Home Care Services.
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From 2019-2025, Luna billed $3,711,041, with at least $1,690,967 of those funds paid to the business after they were hit with the recoupment request from auditors.
Luna’s Audit
Auditors looked at Luna’s billing from February 2020 through December 2021 and found that every billing claim reviewed was subject to recoupment.
The majority of the reviewed claims had no documentation to support that services were actually provided, others had incomplete documentation, and 18 claims showed that the number of hours on provider time cards was smaller than the number of hours for which the business billed taxpayers.
MaineCare’s Office of Program Integrity sent Luna’s executive director, Marian Abu, its notice of violation on March 13, 2023, ordering the company to repay $262,120.
According to Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) payment data obtained by The Maine Wire through a Freedom of Access Act (FOAA) request, Luna never paid back any of the $262,120.
That failure has not prevented the state from continuing to funnel huge amounts of taxpayer money into the home care business.
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Luna doesn’t have a clean record with the DHHS Division of Licensing and Regulatory Services either.
In August 2025, an alleged “on site” inspection that appears to have simply been a desk review identified multiple issues with Luna’s record keeping.
…. According to a LinkedIn profile that apparently belongs to Abu, she worked at some point as a case manager at Catholic Charities, which has its own lengthy history of Medicaid overbilling and illegal immigrant resettlement.
Abu also seemingly has ties to the infamous Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services (MEIRS), which chronically overbilled Medicaid for ineligible expenses, including taking a client to McDonald’s.
A Maine Senate Democrats press release from 2018 identified a Marian Abu as MEIRS’ operations manager and included an image of someone who appears to be the same person now operating Luna.
While Abu does not serve as the registered agent for any other Maine businesses, there is a Marian Abu living in Lewiston listed on business records as one of many “directors” at the Florida-based Nuru Eyes Inc. non-profit.
According to records, the nonprofit incorporated in March 2025. The non-profit’s stated purpose is to provide eye care to people in “underserved” communities. It has two other Maine-based directors as well: Halima Abu, of Portland, and Samira Abu, of Yarmouth.
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Other Businesses at 640 Brighton
Saveplus Home Care, registered to Abdirahman Osman, operated out of 640 Brighton Ave until recently. According to business records, the home care company moved its registered address down the street to 885 Brighton Ave. in July 2025.
From 2021-2025, Saveplus billed $2,057,693 to MaineCare. DHHS records obtained by The Maine Wire show that the business paid back $49,057 to the department beginning in 2023.
Hope Home Care first started billing MaineCare the same year Saveplus moved offices and drew in a substantial $505,517 in their first year as a licensed home care provider.
The business was founded in August 2024 by Shizar Mahmond.
Helping Hands Home Care is even newer than Hope Home Care, having only incorporated in September 2025 under registered agent Mohammed Hussein Abdulhadi.
640 Brighton is and has been the home of a variety of other businesses, including the currently operational Red Sea Inc.
According to business records, Red Sea is registered to Raed Ahmad Almamouri and was started in January 2026, though it is not clear what the business actually is or does.
The building has previously hosted multiple transportation businesses, including Dhigane Transportation Company, a medical transportation business operated by Jabir Warsame until it dissolved in September 2025.
It also housed Roadway Transportation, operated by Abdullah Ratib, which dissolved in the same month as Dhigane Transportation, and Hope Transportation, operated by Shizar Mahmoud, which also shut down in September 2025.