April 4, 2019

Evelyn Mokwuah, a former administrator for Houston, Texas-based Beechwood Home Health and Criseven Health Management Corporation, was sentenced to ten years in prison for her role in the submission of approximately $20 million in false claims to Medicare.  According to the evidence at trial,  Mokwuah falsely certified and billed for patients who were not homebound or did not qualify for home health services; falsified patient records to show that patients were homebound when they were not; paid patient recruiters; and, paid doctors to certify false plans of care for Medicare beneficiaries.  DOJ

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