Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

HHA Employee Nabbed for 6-Year-Long Fraud Scheme

An HHA employee is charged with carrying out a six-year-long, $1.47-million fraud scheme, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Lori Jo Mueller was the vice president of operations for Edelweiss Home Health Care and allegedly issued company checks to herself. From 2006 through 2012, Mueller purportedly stole $840,000 from Edelweiss, and from March 2010 to June 2012, she allegedly defrauded Medicare [...]
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