Home Health & Hospice Week

Fraud & Abuse:

Concealed Owners Feature In Latest Home Health Fraud Cases

Maybe hiring an alleged quadruple murderer was a bad idea. If you think previous enforcement actions are keeping fraudsters out of the home health business, you may want to think again. Case in point: Sharon Romaine Ward, owner of Halo Home Healthcare in Cincinnati, has pleaded guilty in Ohio federal court to fraudulently billing more than $8.5 million to Medicare, [...]
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