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Maxim Staff Draw Jail Time, Home Confinement For Fraud

Published on Wed Nov 02, 2011

Even if you aren't the brains of a large scale fraud scheme, you can still get some stiff penalties for breaking the rules. That's what seven home care workers found out when a federal judge handed out sentences for their guilty pleas in the Maxim Healthcare Services fraud case (see Eli's HCW, Vol. XX, No. 33, p. 258). And if you are the head of a major scam, expect jail time. Former Maxim regional manager Bryan Lee Shipman received five months in prison and five months home confinement for his role in a scheme to bill Medicaid for services furnished via an unlicensed office in Gainesville, Ga., according to the Department of Justice. Shipman, who made $325,000 in his last year at Maxim, also received two years' supervised release and a $10,000 fine. For smaller scale swindles, regional account manager Gregory Munzel, account manager An-drew Sabbaghzadeh, director of clinical services [...]
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