Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

3 Sentenced For Medicaid Home Health Fraud

Three people have received nearly nine years in prison sentences, collectively, after pleading guilty to a $3 million Medicaid fraud scheme. George Epps, Abdulazis Warsame, and Amir Ahmed worked for Lifeline Home Health Services in Cleveland, says the Department of Justice in a release. They and others submitted false documentation to become an accredited home healthcare provider, forged physician documentation, [...]
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