May 20, 2019

A secret co-owner of Medsel Home Health Care Corp, a fake home health agency, has been sentenced to 2 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $1 million for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme that caused at least $950,000 in unnecessary payments.  Dennys Hernandez and co-defendants Elanier Gonzalez Moncho and Rafael Arias submitted claims for services that were never provided.  Moncho, the nominee owner, was sentenced to a year and a half in prison, while Arias, the owner of multiple other home health agencies in Miami, was sentenced to 20 years.  DOJ

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