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April 15, 2015

Rahmat Begum, owner of Detroit-area home health care agency Empirical Home Health Care Inc. pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering charges in connection with her role in a $2.6 million home health care scheme.  According to her guilty plea, Begum conspired to submit falsified claims to Medicare based upon referrals obtained through illegal kickbacks to patient recruiters and physicians.  DOJ

Tagged in: Healthcare Fraud, Home Health and Hospice,

April 15, 2015

Mehran Zamani pleaded guilty to a multimillion Medicaid fraud scheme relating to his work for Landmark Dental, Dental Group of Stamford and Dental Group of Connecticut where he served as the front for Gary Anusavice, the real owner of the businesses, who was a convicted felon, former dentist, and excluded Medicaid provider.  FBI

Tagged in: Healthcare Fraud, Medicaid,

March 20, 2015

A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted Hakop Gambaryan, owner of Colonial Medical Supply, of four counts of health care fraud in connection with a $3.3 million Medicare fraud scheme.  According to evidence presented at trial, Gambaryan paid cash kickbacks to medical clinics for fraudulent prescriptions for durable medical equipment, such as expensive power wheelchairs, which the patients did not need, and then used these fraudulent prescriptions to bill Medicare.  DOJ

Tagged in: Healthcare Fraud, Lack of Medical Necessity, Medical Devices and DME,

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.  DOJ

Tagged in: Healthcare Fraud, Medical Devices and DME,

March 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.  DOJ

Tagged in: Healthcare Fraud, Home Health and Hospice,

March 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.  DOJ

Tagged in: Healthcare Fraud, Lack of Medical Necessity, Medical Billing Fraud, Medical Devices and DME,

February 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.  DOJ

Tagged in: Healthcare Fraud, Lack of Medical Necessity, Medical Billing Fraud, Medical Devices and DME,

February 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.  DOJ

Tagged in: Healthcare Fraud, Home Health and Hospice,

February 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. DOJ

Tagged in: Healthcare Fraud, Home Health and Hospice, Improper Medical Personnel, Medical Billing Fraud, Provider Fraud,

January 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.DOJ

Tagged in: Healthcare Fraud, Home Health and Hospice, Lack of Medical Necessity, Medical Billing Fraud,

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