The owners and operators of two Miami health care agencies were sentenced to a combined total of more than 13 years for their roles in a $48 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Both of the Miami-Dade area, Rogelio Rodriguez, 43, and Raymond Aday, 48, were both sentenced […]
Category: Fraud
Among ongoing reports of Medicare fraud in the home health business and in health care in general, an ABC News team went undercover to investigate the instance of fraud in home health care, airing in March 2012. The investigation, led by ABC Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross and investigative producer Megan Chuchmach, aired on ABC programs […]
Owners of Dallas-based home health agency Alliance Healthcare Services, L.P. were sentenced last week for their roles in a nearly $1.3 million health care fraud conspiracy. From November 2008 through mid-February 2011, Alliance submitted claims to Medicare for home health services provided to Medicare beneficiaries, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Alliance employees, […]
A former home health care worker pleaded guilty last week to his part in a $24.7 million fraud scheme that billed for home heath care services that were not not necessary or were not provided. Clarence Cooper of Detroit pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud for his role as […]
A former home health care agency owner in Virginia is facing a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to Medicare fraud in connection with her home health operations. Angie Gilchrist, who formerly owned A-Z Alpha Omega In-Home Personal Care Service LLC based in Suffolk, Virginia, was authorized to […]
A St. Louis home health company will pay close to $175,000 in settling a Medicaid fraud case with the state of Missouri. Infiniti Home Care, Inc. reached a settlement this month, announced by Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, that will total 174,504 for billing Medicaid for home care services the company did not provide. The […]
A Minnesota woman pleaded guilty this week to counts of home health care fraud and wire fraud after allegedly embezzling more than $800,000 from a Minneapolis-area home health care company. According to the allegations, Lori Jo Mueller embezzled the funds from Edelweiss Home Health Care and used them for her personal use. Having worked as […]
A former home health care agency provider in Virginia was sentenced this week to 51 months in prison for health care fraud and alteration of records in addition to a consecutive sentence for other charges. Former owner of A Caring Hand Home Health Care Services Inc. Janice Holland, pled guilty in September to the fraud […]
The owner of a St. Louis home health care agency was sentenced to over two years in prison and ordered to pay $398,000 in restitution for false Medicare billing. Rose Ray-Vasser, 51, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to 30 months in prison. Having pled guilty to fraud charges in September, […]
The Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations has busted 91 individuals—among them doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals—for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $429.2 million in false billing, Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently announced. The bulk of the fraudulent billing, at more […]
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