Home Health & Hospice Week
First Provider Relief Fund Fraudster Under Indictment Is An HHA Owner
Home health often gets painted with a broad Medicare fraud brush, and now it may get painted with a COVID-19 fraud brush too. In Michigan, an owner of a closed home health agency has been indicted on “the first criminal charges for the intentional misuse of funds intended to provide relief to health care providers and maintain the access to medical care during the pandemic,” the Department of Justice says in a release. Amina Abbas previously owned 1 on 1 Home Health, which she closed in early 2020 after Medicare issued an overpayment demand for $1.6 million because 1 on 1 had submitted claims for patients who did not qualify for home health services, the DOJ says. “According to the indictment, 1 on 1, which was never operational during the pandemic, received approximately $37,656.95 designated for the medical treatment and care of COVID-19 patients. Abbas then allegedly misappropriated the funds by issuing checks to her family members for personal use,” according to the DOJ.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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First Provider Relief Fund Fraudster Under Indictment Is An HHA Owner
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