Now, MHCare, an Alberta-based healthcare company, is pushing back against that tide of claims. Yet they claim that such assertions about the propriety of their practices involving government officials are based on misunderstanding. Sam Mraiche, CEO and owner of the company, vehemently denied the allegations. He asserts they incorrectly and unfairly sully the reputations of the firm and its managing partners.
The scandal centers around the claims that state officials steered state healthcare contracts to private companies, namely MHCare. In 2022, the company took a huge step locally by inking a $70-million agreement with Alberta Health Services (AHS). This deal was aimed at importing Turkey’s children’s medicine. Under recent pressure, questions have arisen about MHCare’s transparency and willingness to follow state regulatory processes.
Critics accuse MHCare of failing to produce “any written documentation” detailing MHCare’s claimed regulatory status with Health Canada. The Massachusetts-based company doesn’t only have lawsuits directed at them. Critics say it has failed to clearly communicate how it spent the billions received up front from AHS.
In response to these allegations, MHCare unwaveringly maintains that it has at all times been forthcoming with information the AHS needed. The company continues to assert that extensive and specific updates were provided to AHS’s negotiating team as far back as August 2023.
“MHCare takes the integrity of their company with the utmost seriousness and could not remain silent while being unfairly attacked,” – MHCare
Malpractice accusations against MHCare involve allegations of obtaining contracts at grossly inflated rates for surgeries. Mraiche vehemently disputes these allegations, denying them as “factually verifiably untrue.” He claims that they are the result of an unjust comparison to a separate Community Service Fund (CSF). Most importantly, he cautions against making comparisons because they liken companies’ internal practices or moral compass.
Mraiche further highlights that MHCare operates alongside other medical professionals involved in healthcare projects in Edmonton, Red Deer, and Lethbridge. He claims that an unusual formatting issue in the corporate registry caused ownership details of MHCare to be filed incorrectly. This issue has led to a lack of clarity regarding its ownership structure.
The company’s letter to the provincial government, which addressed these allegations, was shared with The Globe in a bid for transparency. Following this revelation, these officials delivered the letter from below directly to the Minister of Justice. It was subsequently referred to Alberta Auditor-General Doug Wylie for his investigation.
“A heavy accumulation of misleading statements do not add up to a truth,” – MHCare
Mraiche emphasizes that misinformation can have extremely damaging effects on MHCare’s reputation and the people involved with it. He notes that many of the allegations waged against the company are not just wrong, but perjuriously harmful.
“They simply amount to a large amount of misinformation – and a great deal of harm to the reputation of MHCare, its CEO and all others wrongly tainted by such claims,” – MHCare
MHCare participated in regular, informal huddles with other AHS executives to discuss what was happening day-to-day. In tandem with these discussions, we delivered written reports to AHS in July 2024, October 2024, and March 2025. This pattern of communication further demonstrates the company’s transparency in the face of controversy.
