Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Massage Therapist, HHA Owner Plead Guilty

A Miami home health agency owner and a massage therapist masquerading as a physical therapist have pleaded guilty in an $8.6 million fraud scheme. Alexander Ros Lazo, owner and operator of T.L.C. Health Services Inc., admitted to paying kickbacks and bribes in exchange for referrals and “prescriptions” for home care, the Department of Justice says in a release. Lazo also [...]
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