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Nurses Plead Guilty, Receive Sentence In Fraud Schemes

Published on Wed Sep 14, 2011

The feds continue to rack up fraud convictions of home care providers in Miami. An RN formerly employed by 13 different Miami-area HHAs has received a 43-month prison sentence and must repay nearly $336,000 following  a fraud conviction. Isachi Gil billed for administering insulin to patients who were not insulin-dependent or homebound. And Gil was in Panama, Mexico, or the Dominican Republic during dates that she  claimed to be providing visits to beneficiaries, prosecutors said. Plus, Gil signed dozens of documents claiming she was providing skilled nursing services when she was attending classes at Florida International University. She also claimed to be providing skilled nursing visits to two and three patients simultaneously, double and triple billing Medicare, the Department of Justice says in a release. And two more patient recruiters in the ABC Home Health Inc. and Florida Home Health Providers Inc. fraud ring have pled guilty to fraud. RN [...]
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