Home Health & Hospice Week

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New Orleans Physician Pleads Guilty In Kickback Case

Physician Jobie Crear, operator of Comprehensive Nursing and Home Health Service Inc. in New Orleans, has pled guilty to paying patient recruiters more than $800,000 for home care referrals, the Department of Justice says in a release. Crear, who is 70 years old, faces sentencing in July.Physician Jobie Crear, operator of Comprehensive Nursing and Home Health Service Inc. in New [...]
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