Virginia Home Care Owners Indicted for $1.3 Million Fraud

A trio of Virginia home care providers have been indicted for their roles in fraudulently obtaining $1.3 million of Medicaid payments, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Wednesday. W. Wayne Perry, Jr. and Angela Perry were each indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of health care fraud, 24 counts of false statements […]

Florida Hospice Provider to Pay $3 Million in Whistleblower Suit

A Orlando, Florida hospice company will pay $3 million to settle allegations over providing services under Medicare who were not terminally ill. Hospice of the Comforter Inc. has agreed to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in its submission of Medicare claims for hospice services, according to the Department of Justice. The […]

Virginia Home Care Owners Indicted for $1.3 Million Fraud

A trio of Virginia home care providers have been indicted for their roles in fraudulently obtaining $1.3 million of Medicaid payments, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Wednesday. W. Wayne Perry, Jr. and Angela Perry were each indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of health care fraud, 24 counts of false statements […]

Home Health Company Employee Sentenced in $74 Million Fraud Scheme

The administrator and employee of two Miami home health care companies has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for her role in a kickback fraud scheme amounting to $74 million.  Former administrator of LTC Professional Consultants and employee of Professional Home Care Solutions Inc., Myriam Acevedo, 63, of Miami pleaded guilty in May for […]

Home Health Medicare Fraudster Ordered to Pay $15 Million Judgment

The former owner and operator of Los Angeles-based GreatCare Home Health Agency has been ordered to pay up to the tune of nearly $15 million—approximately three times the losses suffered by Medicare as a result of the agency’s illegal practices. Hee Jung Mun, the home health agency’s owner, was issued a $14.9 million default judgment […]

Miami Vice Fraudster Pleads Guilty to $20 Million Home Health Scheme

The owners and operators of several Miami home health care agencies—including a former Miami Vice actor—pleaded guilty on Sept. 5 in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving Trust Care Health Services Inc., a now-defunct home health care company. Roberto Marrero, Sandra Fernandez Viera, and Enrique Rodriguez all pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge […]

Home Health Owner Sentenced 10 Years for $40M Fraud Scheme

An owner of a Dallas-area home health agency was sentenced 10 years in federal prison for defrauding Medicare, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).  Cyprian Akamnonu, 64, of Cedar Hill, Texas, was ordered to pay $25,466,779 in restitution, following his guilty plea in October 2012 to one count of conspiracy to commit health care […]

Miami Fraudsters Plead Guilty in $48 Million Home Health Care Scheme

Two employees of a Miami home health care company pleaded guilty on Tuesday for their roles in a $48 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, the Justice Department announced. Elizabeth Monteagudo and Cristobal Gonzalez, both of Miami, worked as patient recruiters for Caring Nurse Home Health Care Corp., according to court documents. Gonzalez also worked […]

Mobile Doctors CEO Arrested for Home Healthcare Fraud

The CEO of Mobile Doctors, a company that manages physicians who make house calls, and one of its Chicago-based physicians were arrested this week for their alleged roles in a health care fraud scheme amounting to millions of dollars bilked from Medicare.  The charges allege that the company, which is based in Chicago and makes […]

DME Owner Receives Two-Year Sentence for Medicare Scheme

 The owner and operator of a Los Angeles durable medical equipment (DME) supply company was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison for conspiring to submit nearly $1 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). In April, Tigran Aklyan, 37, of Van Nuys, California, pleaded guilty to conspiracy […]