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Federal Judge Sentences Boston Hospice Owner To More Than 7 Years In Prison

Published on Thu Mar 05, 2015

HHA owner Michael Galatis has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison following his Medicare fraud conviction last fall. The judge also ordered him to pay $7 million in restitution and to forfeit proceeds from the scheme, including his $850,000 house.   Galatis, an RN, caused Waltham, Mass.-based At Home VNA to submit more than $27 million in [...]
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