tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2017 Issue 17

Industry Notes: Kickbacks, Perjury, and Falsified Records Fetch 75 Years Jail Time in Landmark Sentence

A federal judge sentenced Marie Neba, co-owner of Fiango Home Healthcare Inc. in Houston, to the whopping 75-year term after her conviction last November in a $13 million home health fraud scheme, the Department of Justice says in a release. Neba and co-owner/husband Ebong Tilong paid kickbacks to physicians, patient recruiters, and patients themselves, prosecutors proved at trial. And they falsified medical records to make it appear patients qualified for and received home care services, when services weren’t provided. Key: “Neba also attempted to suborn perjury from a co-defendant in the federal courthouse, the evidence showed,&rdquo...

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