January 19, 2021
Texas-based Allstate Hospice LLC and Verge Home Care LLC and their founders, Onder Ari and Sedat Necipoglu, have paid over $1.8 million to resolve allegations of submitting claims to Medicare that were tainted by improper inducements. In violation of the Physician Self-Referral Law and False Claims Act, the defendants allegedly set up monthly payments to referring physicians through sham medical directorship agreements, sold interests to five referring physicians in order to provide them with substantial quarterly dividends, and provided other referring physicians with free tickets and travel. USAO SDTX
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