February 27, 2015
Posted January 25, 2016
Miami residents Blanca Ruiz and Alina Fonts were sentenced to serve 72 months in prison for their roles in a $63M Medicare fraud scheme involving intensive mental health treatment programs. According to the evidence, Ruiz and Fonts were employed at Health Care Solutions Network Inc. which purported to provide intensive treatment for severe mental illness but instead billed Medicare and Medicaid for treatment not medically necessary and often not provided at all. DOJ
Tagged in: Lack of Medical Necessity, Medical Billing Fraud, Provider Fraud,