An owner of a Detroit-area medical clinic has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for involvement in a $1.12 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Maria Haber, an owner of CompleteHealth in Livonia, Mich., was also sentenced to pay approximately $1 million in restitution. She pleaded guilty in Oct. 2010 to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. Ms. Haber admitted she and her co-conspirators billed Medicare for medically unnecessary services and obtained patients by paying kickbacks to driver recruiters and directly to Medicare beneficiaries.
Ms. Haber was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Duggan. She will also have three years of supervised release following her prison term.
Read the release on CompleteHealth and Maria Haber.
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Maria Haber, an owner of CompleteHealth in Livonia, Mich., was also sentenced to pay approximately $1 million in restitution. She pleaded guilty in Oct. 2010 to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. Ms. Haber admitted she and her co-conspirators billed Medicare for medically unnecessary services and obtained patients by paying kickbacks to driver recruiters and directly to Medicare beneficiaries.
Ms. Haber was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Duggan. She will also have three years of supervised release following her prison term.
Read the release on CompleteHealth and Maria Haber.
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