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Detroit HHA Owner, PT Found Guilty Of Fraud

Published on Fri Apr 12, 2013

A Detroit-area HHA owner and physical therapist have been found guilty in a $2.3 million Medicare fraud scheme. As owner of Acure Home Care Inc. in Oak Park and Troy, Mich., Mehran Javidan paid doctors to refer non-homebound patients for physical therapy that was medically unnecessary, prosecutors said at trial. "The evidence showed that she also paid patient recruiters to [...]
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