tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2017 Issue 17

Industry Notes: HHA Case Underlines That "Straw Buying" Happens Even in Healthcare

Fraudulent home health providers continue to feel the focus of the OIG and Department of Justice. And as this case emphasizes, the feds are leveling harsher sentences and heftier fines. Myrna Parcon, owner of US Physician Home Visits and related Dallas home health agencies A Good Homehealth, a/k/a “Be Good Healthcare Inc.,” and Essence Home Health, a/k/a “Primary Angel Inc.,” has drawn a 10-year prison sentence for her guilty plea in a nearly $60 million physician practice and home care fraud scheme, the DOJ says in a release. A federal judge also ordered her to...

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