Home Health & Hospice Week
Ohio Couple Receives Prison Sentences For HH Fraud
A couple who owned Columbus Home Health Care Services in Ohio has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to fraud last year, the Department of Justice says in a release. Riyad Altallaa and Muna Alnoubani received three and two years in prison, respectively. The couple fabricated aide training records; had aides and nurses submit blank time sheets and nursing notes that the defendants completed with falsely inflated hours of service; and had aides and nurses split their shifts on their timesheets and notes to make it appear that services were provided in multiple shifts rather than one shift to increase Medicaid reimbursement, the DOJ says. As part of their plea agreements, the couple will forfeit a $1 million luxury home that prosecutors say they built with the fraud proceeds.
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