Posts Tagged ‘medicare fraud defense’
Doctors, Nurses, Other Healthcare Pros Rounded up in Opioid and Medicare Fraud Sweep
Doctors, nurses, addiction treatment professionals, pharmacists and hundreds of others are among the 601 people across 58 federal districts charged this week in what the Justice Department is calling “the largest national healthcare fraud enforcement action†in its history. The fraud resulted in more than $2 billion in losses. Of those 601, more than 162…
Read MoreHome health agency owner 20-year sentence for Medicare fraud upheld
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal recently affirmed a 20-year prison sentence for the owner of a Miami home healthcare business who was found guilty of Medicare fraud. Dora Moreira, the owner and operator of Anna Nursing Services Corp., was accused of bilking Medicare out of $7 million. The appellate court found that Moreira, who…
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