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Latest on Home Health Fraud Busts

Published on Mon Nov 23, 2009

76K for "vacation pay?" Where can we get a gig like that? Recent fraud busts are threatening homecare providers with a bad reputation. In Memphis, an owner of a 30-yearold home health agency was sentenced to 18 months in prison for filing a false cost report. Rosetta Perkins-Brown, owner of Elder Care Home Health Services Inc., falsely claimed $22,000 for professional fees, $146,000 for owner's compensation, $98,000 for sick pay, and $76,000 for vacation pay, according to Tennessee U.S. Attorney Lawrence J. Laurenzi. The accountant, too: Elder Care's CPA, Larry Vernell Bullock, also pled guilty to Medicare fraud and was sentenced to 12 months in prison earlier this year, Laurenzi says in a release. Bullock assisted Perkins-Brown in filing the false claims, prosecutors say. Meanwhile: In Los Angeles, the feds charged 20 durable medical equipment company owners and marketers with Medicare fraud in seven separate cases. The DME owners and [...]
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