Eight Miami Nurses Sentenced to Prison for $18.7M Medicare Fraud Scheme

Eight home healthcare nurses from the Miami area have been sentenced to prison for involvement in a $18.7 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.

The nurses had each previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. The sentences ranged from 5 to 30 months.

According to the release, Miami-based ABC Home Health and Florida Home Health Care Providers were owned by co-conspirators. ABC and Florida Home Health purported to provide home health and therapy services to Medicare beneficiaries.  

The co-conspirators referred Medicare beneficiaries to Jorge Dieppa, MD, to obtain prescriptions, medical certifications and plans of care for therapy and home health services at ABC and Florida Home Health. As a result, Medicare was billed approximately $18.7 million for services that were medically unnecessary and/or never provided.

Read the Department of Justice release on the eight Miami nurses convicted and sentenced for healthcare fraud.

Read more about healthcare fraud:

- OIG Releases List of 10 Most-Wanted Healthcare Fraudsters

- Actavis to Pay $170M for Reporting False Prices to Medicaid

- Pharmaceutical Company Will Pay $280M to Settle False Claims Allegations

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