Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Doc Housecall Co. Owners Found Guilty

Father-and-son owners of a physician housecall company have been convicted of Medi-care fraud related to home care patients. Lawrence Dale St. John and his son, Jeffrey Dale St. John, owned A Medical House Calls with locations in Dallas, Mesquite, and Carrollton, Texas. "Its primary purpose was to certify and re-certify Medicare beneficiaries for home health services, regardless of the true [...]
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