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Patient Recruiter Sentenced to Prison for Role in More than $1 Million Illegal Kickback Conspiracy

A patient recruiter was sentenced to 60 months in prison yesterday for receiving more than $1 million in illegal kickback payments from numerous home health agencies from around the country in exchange for providing information on Medicare beneficiaries to home health agencies, who then used that information to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare.

Read more on www.justice.gov

Action Details

  • Date:February 6, 2020
  • Agency:Department of Justice
  • Enforcement Types:
    • Criminal and Civil Actions