Two owners of a Houston healthcare company have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to bilk Medicare of more than $800,000 by submitting claims for durable medical equipment, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Kemmie Houston and Sharon Beal, owners and operators of STK Consultants, pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicare of $851,212 from Aug. 2005 to Aug. 2010. According to court documents, STK submitted claims to Medicare for DME that was medically unnecessary and/or not provided.
The scheme focused on "arthritis kits," which contained a number of orthotic devices and were purportedly for the treatment of arthritis-related conditions. The kits, however, were not medically necessary or appropriate for such conditions.
Ms. Houston and Ms. Beal are scheduled to be sentenced in September. They both face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Read the release on Houston's STK Consultants and fraud.
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Kemmie Houston and Sharon Beal, owners and operators of STK Consultants, pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicare of $851,212 from Aug. 2005 to Aug. 2010. According to court documents, STK submitted claims to Medicare for DME that was medically unnecessary and/or not provided.
The scheme focused on "arthritis kits," which contained a number of orthotic devices and were purportedly for the treatment of arthritis-related conditions. The kits, however, were not medically necessary or appropriate for such conditions.
Ms. Houston and Ms. Beal are scheduled to be sentenced in September. They both face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Read the release on Houston's STK Consultants and fraud.
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