Usually it’s the clinic owners and their minions who are sent to prison for Medicare fraud. This time, it’s three Medicare beneficiaries who accepted kickbacks for allowing a home healthcare agency to use their cards to submit fraudulent claims, the Miami Heraldreports.
Medicare Patients Get Prison Time For Fraud
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