Home Health & Hospice Week

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Detroit HHA Owner Draws 6-Year Prison Sentence

A year after pleading guilty to Medicare fraud, a Detroit home health agency owner and operator has received a six-year prison sentence. Zahir Yousafzai owned or helped operate First Care Home Health Care, Moonlite Home Care Inc., Physicians Choice Home Health Care, and Quan-tum Home Care Inc., which billed Medicare for services never provided, according to prosecutors.  Yousafzai paid and [...]
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