Georgia couple accused of defrauding Medicare, Medicaid programs of more than $30M. The AP (4/17, Bluestein) reported that Georgia nursing-home operators George and Rhonda Houser, "who ran the Forum Healthcare Group," were charged in federal court on April 16 "with plotting to defraud the Medicare and Medicaid programs of more than $30 million and providing about 300 elderly residents with 'worthless and harmful' care." According to prosecutors, the couple "submitted the fraudulent claims from 2004 until the state closed the three nursing homes they operated in 2007." The Housers, who pleaded not guilty, have been released on bond. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (4/17, Stevens) quoted US attorney Sally Quillian Yates, who said in a statement, "These defendants are charged with spending Medicare and Medicaid money to buy cars and real estate while nursing home residents went without basic necessities, such as food and medicines."
If you or someone you love has been injured at a Georgia nursing home through negligence, contact the Keener Law Firm. 770-955-3000, or on the web at KeenerLaw.com.
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