tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2009 Issue 24

INDUSTRY NEWS: Latest on Home Health Fraud Busts

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...

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