Former Owner of Atenas Medical Equipment, Inc. Arrested on Health Care Fraud Charges (FL)
Department of Justice ^ | August 21, 2009 | United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Florida
Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 4:58:44 PM by Larry381
On August 20, 2009, a federal grand jury in Miami returned an eleven-count Indictment charging Aloise with health care fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1347. According to the Indictment, Aloise was the owner of Atenas Medical Equipment, Inc., a Hialeah-based company that purportedly provided durable medical equipment (“DME”) to Medicare beneficiaries. From June 8, 2005, through April 4, 2007, Atenas Medical Equipment is alleged to have submitted approximately $1,421,346 in fraudulent claims to Medicare seeking reimbursement for DME items, such as oxygen concentrators and hospital beds, that had not been prescribed by physicians nor provided to Medicare beneficiaries.
If convicted, Aloise faces a maximum sentence of ten years’ imprisonment on each of the health care fraud counts.
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Out of curiosity - does this not happen in Europe or other places where they have single payor?