Industry Note:
Physicians Convicted For Sham Hospice Certs, Kickbacks
Published on Fri May 13, 2016
Following a two-week trial in federal court, a jury convicted two California physicians of falsely certifying patients for hospice, the Department of Justice says in a release. Sri Wijegoonaratna and Boyao Huang certified as terminal patients served by Covinabased California Hospice Care in an alleged $8.8 million Medicare scam, prosecutors said. CHC owner Priscilla Villabroza and her daughter paid patient [...]