Ernesto Espinosa pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. According to court documents, he and his co-conspirators paid kickbacks to Medicare beneficiaries to recruit them for referral to home health agencies. He also coached the Medicare beneficiaries, who did not need home health services, on what to say to obtain home health prescriptions from doctors. The home health agencies then submitted false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for services that were not medically necessary and typically not even provided. Read a Department of Justice press release.
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