Owner Of Pennsylvania Medical Staffing Company Sentenced For Billing Medicaid for Services Not Provided, Provided by Others or Not Qualified to Provide Services

Medical staffing companies need to be careful when billing for services and for providers. One issue that arises is when a licensed provider...

Patient Recruiter for Miami Home Health Agencies Convicted of Receiving Health Care Kickbacks and Conspiracy

A patient recruiter for several Miami-area home health agencies was convicted on April 1, 2016 for his role in a fraud and kickback scheme t...

Chicago Marketer Convicted of Violating Anti-Kickback Statute for Receiving Money in Exchange for Marketing and Referring Elderly Patients to Home Health Company. Marketing Is Risky Business Unless Done Right.

Marketing for home health businesses and other health care providers is subjected to many federal and state st atutes and regulations. Viola...

Woman Excluded By OIG Indicted For Health Care Fraud for Failing to Notify Employer Home Health Agency of Her OIG Exclusion

In the past, individuals and entities excluded by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) have usually not been prosecuted for fraud. A recent...

Dallas-Based Home Health Company Owners and Nurses Charged for Roles in Alleged Medicare Fraud for Home Health Over 8 Year Period

On December 22, 2015, the co-owners of a home health company in Dallas and two nurse employees were charged in an indictment for their alleg...

Home Health Agency Owners and Director of Nursing Indicted in Medicare Fraud Conspiracy in Houston - Alleged Kickbacks to Physicians and Patients Drive These Cases

Texas, like California, is aggressively pursuing home health care fraud and submission of claims where there are alleged violations of the A...

In Home Personal Care Worker Agency and Owners Agree to Civil Resolution of Federal False Claims Case in Wisconsin - Why Health Care Providers Need Compliance Plans

There has been an increased number of  lawsuits filed under the qui tam – or whistleblower – provisions of the False Claims Act , which allo...

Wisconsin Home Health Business and Owner Agree to Criminal and Civil Resolution of Health Care Fraud Charges

The Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced November 18, 2015 that the United States has filed a crimi...

Texas Home-Health Agency Owners, Director of Nursing And Marketers Indicted For Illegal Patient Marketing, Providing Unnecessary Services and $13 Million in Alleged Medicare Fraud

The health care fraud cases against home health and hospice owners continue to get filed in federal court. The most recent case is one in w...