Home Health & Hospice Week

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Former HHA Owner Draws Unusual 15-Year Prison Sentence For Fraud

A former HHA owner was sentenced to a whopping 15 years in prison following a Medi-care fraud conviction, and his wife and director of nursing was sentenced to five years in prison. Louis and Verna Age of South Louisiana Home Health Care Inc. in New Orleans were convicted of fraud and kickback charges in federal court in March. Louis Age [...]
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