Home Health & Hospice Week

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Huge Home-Care Fraud Scheme Uncovered

A huge home care fraud bust yielded seven arrests of individuals allegedly involved in a scheme that bilked Medicare of $22 million, reports the Department of Justice. Federal agents arrested the seven individuals, who were swiftly indicted on 18 counts of Medicare fraud. The defendants allegedly operated the fraud scheme out of four Oakland County, Mich. home health agencies: Royal [...]
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