Home Health & Hospice Week

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HHA Owner Indicted For $15 Million Fraud Scheme

A Miami home health agency owner has been indicted on Medicare fraud charges, the Department of Justice says. Yunesky I. Fornaris and his co-conspirators hid their ownership of Elite Home Care and participated in a $15 million scheme in which they paid beneficiaries and patient recruiters kickbacks for referrals, the indictment alleges. From April 2010 to July 2016, Fornaris submitted [...]
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