Home Health & Hospice Week

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Detroit PT Assistant And HHA Co-Owner Pleads Guilty To Fraud

Detroit-area physical therapy assistant, patient recruiter and HHA owner Syed Shah has pled guilty for his role in a $22 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice. From 2008 to 2012, Troy, Mich.-based Prestige Home Health Services Inc. paid Shah kickbacks for Medicare beneficiary information that the HHA used to bill Medicare for services that were never [...]
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