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June 26, 2019

Posted  June 26, 2019

A patient recruiter in Michigan has been sentenced to 5 years in prison and ordered to pay $1.5 million in restitution for taking part in a three-year scheme to defraud Medicare. Defendant Sophia Eggleston had allegedly solicited and received kickbacks in exchange for her referrals, causing Medicare to pay $1.5 million to a home health agency connected to the fraud scheme.  DOJ

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, Criminal Proceedings, Healthcare Fraud, Medicare,