Former Home Health Care Operator Settles Fraud Allegations Of Billing Federal Health Care Programs For Services Performed By Unlicensed Foreign Doctors

DETROIT - United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. announced today that Irene Oluwatoyin Oshiyoye has agreed to pay $250,000 to resolve allegations that she violated the False Claims Act by defrauding the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The United States contended that Irene Oshiyoye, together with her late husband, Dr. Adekunle Oshiyoye, formerly operated Advance Visiting Physicians, P.C. (“Advance Visiting Physicians”), which provided home health care services to patients in Southeast Michigan from its offices in Farmington Hills. The civil settlement resolves allegations that from January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2021, Irene Oshiyoye submitted, or caused the submission of, false claims by Advance Visiting Physicians to Medicare and Medicaid for home health visits performed by unlicensed and unsupervised foreign doctors, in violation of Medicare and Medicaid rules.

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