Home Health & Hospice Week

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Patient Recruiter Draws 7-Year Prison Sentence

A patient recruiter for a network of fraudulent home health agencies in Detroit is facing more than seven years in prison after his fraud conviction. Richard Shannon was convicted of paying Medicare beneficiaries to sign blank documents for physical therapy services that were never provided and/or medically unnecessary, the Depart-ment of Justice says in a release. The owners of Patient [...]
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