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March 20, 2015
A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted Sylvia Walter-Eze, former owner ofEzcor Medical Supply, in connection with a $3.5 million Medicare and Medi-Cal fraud scheme. The evidence at trial demonstrated that Walter-Eze paid illegal kickbacks to patient recruiters in exchange for patient referrals, and to physicians for fraudulent prescriptions for power wheelchairs and other medically unnecessary equipment. DOJMarch 13, 2015
Mohammed Sadiq, the owner of two Detroit home health care companies, pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare for $12.6 million in home health services that were not provided or were obtained through illegal kickbacks. DOJMarch 12, 2015
Huey P. Williams Jr., owner of Texas-based Hermann Medical Supply, was convicted for his role in a $3.4 million Medicare fraud scheme. According to the evidence submitted at trial, Williams submitted claims to Medicare for durable medical equipment, including orthotic devices, which were medically unnecessary or never provided to the patients. DOJFebruary 24, 2015
Angel M. Mirabal, owner of Houston-based medical equipment supplier Quick Solutions Medical Supplies Inc., pleaded guilty to a $5M scheme to defraud Medicare. Mirabel admitted he and his co-conspirators operated Quick Solutions for the purpose of billing Medicare for medical equipment not medically necessary or not provided. DOJFebruary 17, 2015
Alexander Lara, owner of Miami-based home health care company Longcare Home Health Corporation, pleaded guilty in connection with a $13M Medicare fraud scheme involving kickbacks and bribes to Medicare beneficiaries, doctors’ offices, medical clinics and others in exchange for patient referrals and fraudulent prescriptions to support fraudulent billings to Medicare. DOJFebruary 6, 2015
A federal jury in Detroit convicted unlicensed Detroit physician Wilfred Griffith for his participation in a nearly $4.7M fraud scheme. According to evidence presented at trial, Griffith worked as an unlicensed physician at Phoenix Visiting Physicians in 2010 and 2011 where he treated Medicare beneficiaries and used prescription pads pre-signed by Dr. Dwight Smith to prescribe medicine. He also referred Medicare beneficiaries to Detroit-area home health company Cherish Home Health Services Inc. in exchange for kickbacks. Griffith used the names and signatures of Dr. Smith and two other Detroit-area physicians to certify the beneficiaries were homebound and needed home health services when they did not. DOJJanuary 26, 2015
Ramon Regueira, the owner and operator of a Miami home health care agency Nation’s Best Care Home Health Corp. was sentenced to 106 months in prison and to pay $21M for his participation in a $30M Medicare fraud scheme. Regueira admitted he and his co-conspirators operated Nation’s Best for the purpose of billing the Medicare program for, among other things, expensive physical therapy and home health care services that were not medically necessary or not provided. He further admitted he and his co-conspirators paid kickbacks and bribes to patient recruiters who provided patients to Nation’s Best, as well as prescriptions, plans of care (POCs) and certifications for medically unnecessary therapy and home health services.DOJDOJ Catch of the Week -- CenterLight Healthcare
Posted 01/22/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to New York-based CenterLight Healthcare, Inc. and CenterLight Health System, Inc. Yesterday, the companies agreed to pay $46.7 million to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and New York State False Claims Acts by enrolling ineligible members in their Medicaid managed long-term care plan. ...