June 11, 2019

Two additional co-defendants in a recently reported home health fraud case have been sentenced to 6-10 years in prison and ordered to pay over $4.3 million each for their involvement.  Angela Avetisyan and Ashot Minasyan, the co-owners and operators of Fifth Avenue Home Health, paid kickbacks to Marina Merino and other patient recruiters to bring Medicare patients to a clinic owned by Robert Glazer.  In exchange, they received referrals from Glazer’s clinic for home health services that were allegedly medically unnecessary.  DOJ; USAO CDCA

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