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Chicago HHA Owner, Marketer Indicted
Published on Thu Dec 17, 2015
The feds have indicted a Chicago-area home health agency owner for kickbacks and false claims.
Jacqueline Tuanqui, owner of Hexagram Home Health Care, paid kickbacks to marketers to induce the referral of Medicare beneficiaries, the Department of Justice says in a release. Marketer Susie Avellanosa, owner of owner of Elgin-based Allied Care Services Inc., received payments from Tuanqui in exchange for referring non-homebound Medicare beneficiaries to Hexagram, according to the indictment. Avellanosa was also indicted. Tuanqui and Avellanosa have pleaded not guilty in court.
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