Home Health & Hospice Week

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Kickbacks And Bribes Feature In Latest Miami Fraud Case

The Medicare Fraud Strike Force has produced yet more results. A Miami HHA owner has pled guilty to $13.7 million in Medicare fraud. Alexander Lara, owner of Longcare Home Health Corp., billed Medicare for home care services that were medically unnecessary or never provided, the Department of Justice says in a release. Lara admitted that he personally paid kickbacks and [...]
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