2 Health Care Providers, Dozens of People Charged in Alleged $115m Medicare Kickback Scheme

2 Health Care Providers, Dozens of People Charged in Alleged $115m Medicare Kickback Scheme

2 Health Care Providers, Dozens of People Charged in Alleged $115m Medicare Kickback Scheme
Posted on October 8, 2019

Two health care providers and 28 people – including one of the provider’s CEOs, 13 doctors, five nurses and a social worker – were charged with involvement in a $115 million Medicare kickback scheme in California, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

Amity Home Health Care was said to have bribed more than two dozen defendants with kickbacks disguised as payroll, phony medical directorships, “reimbursements,” “entertainment” or “gifts” so they would make referrals to Amity and hospice provider Advent Care, which in turn could bill for those services, prosecutors said. (Read More) 

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