Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Doc House Call Execs Charged With HHA-Related Fraud

The CEO and a staff physician for a physician housecall company have been arrested and are facing fraud charges that are in part related to home care services. Physicians employed by Chicago-based Mobile Doctors falsely certified patients for home care in return for referrals for their own housecall services, the Department of Justice alleges in a release. From August 2010 [...]
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