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Miami Home Health Patient Recruiter and Therapy Staffing Company Owner Plead...
A patient recruiter and a therapy staffing company owner pleaded guilty today in connection with a $7 million health care fraud scheme involving the now defunct home health care company Anna Nursing...
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OIG Exclusions & Sanctions Listing Updated for September
HCAF has posted the latest exclusion and reinstatements that were released by CMS’ Office of the Investigator General on Sep 18, 2013. The list includes physicians and other provider types in Florida....
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Five Miami Residents Arrested for Alleged Roles in $48 Million Home Health...
Five Miami residents have been charged for their alleged roles in a $48 million home health Medicare fraud scheme. On Sept. 24, 2013, a federal grand jury in Miami returned an 11-count indictment...
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OIG Exclusions & Sanctions Listing Updated for October
HCAF has posted the latest exclusion and reinstatements that were released by CMS’ Office of the Investigator General on Oct. 8, 2013. The list includes physicians and other provider types in Florida....
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OIG Exclusions & Sanctions Listing Updated for October
HCAF has posted the latest exclusion and reinstatements that were released by CMS’ Office of the Investigator General (OIG) on November 6, 2013. The list includes physicians and other provider types in...
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Orlando, Fla., Area Hospice to Pay $3 Million to Resolve Allegations That It...
Hospice of the Comforter Inc. (HOTCI) has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Medicare program for hospice services...
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Two Patient Recruiters for Miami Home Health Companies Sentenced for Roles in...
Two patient recruiters for Miami health care companies were sentenced today for their participation in a $48 million home health Medicare fraud scheme. Elizabeth Monteagudo, 33, of Miami, was sentenced...
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Two Miami Women Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison For Conspiring To Pay...
Yiral Cardona, 39, of Miami, and Susan Chi, 42, of Miami, have been sentenced to ten years in prison stemming from their leadership role in a conspiracy to pay healthcare kickbacks. At trial, Cardona...
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Ten Floridians Indicted in Medicare Home Health Fraud Scheme
HCAF strongly condemns healthcare fraud and supports the removal of bad actors from the home health industry. Nine residents of Miami-Dade County and a resident of Hillsborough County have been...
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OIG Releases 2015 Work Plan
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released its annual work plan. The Work Plan for 2015 specifically addresses issues for home health and hospice. Overall, the Office of Inspector...
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