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HHA Owners Plead Guilty to $48-Million Fraud Scheme

Published on Fri Jan 04, 2013

Two HHA owners pled guilty to a $48-million fraud scheme, which involved paying kickbacks to patient recruiters so the agencies could submit false claims to Medicare. Rogelio Rodriguez and Raymond Aday allegedly co-conspired to bill Medicare for unnecessary home health care and therapy services, reports the OIG’s Miami Office of Investigations. Rodriguez was the owner of Caring Nurse Home Health [...]
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