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Sacremento HHA, Hospice Owner Pleads Guilty To Kickbacks

Published on Fri Jul 23, 2021

A California home health and hospice agency owner has pleaded guilty to fraud and kickback charges. Akop Atoyan and his wife, Liana Karapetyan, owners of ANG Health Care Inc., Excel Home Healthcare Inc., and Excel Hospice Inc. in the Sacramento area, paid kickbacks to hospital and SNF employees and their spouses in return for referrals, the Department of Justice says [...]
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