Patient Recruiter for Miami Home Health Agencies Convicted of Receiving Health Care Kickbacks and Conspiracy
A
patient recruiter for several Miami-area home health agencies was convicted on April 1, 2016 for his role in a fraud and kickback scheme that resulted in the
submission of millions of dollars in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare.
After a jury trial, Carlos
Rodriguez Nerey was convicted of one count of
conspiracy to defraud the United States and pay and receive health care
kickbacks and one count of receiving health care kickbacks. According
to evidence presented at trial, Mr. Nerey presented that he worked at a staffing company
called Sweet Life Staffing Inc. but was in fact a patient recruiter for
Dand D Home Health Inc. and Mercy Home Care, Inc., two home health care agencies in Miami. Evidence at
trial was that Mr. Nerey's company received approximately
$250,000 for payments for the referrals of patients. The Medicare billing for the referred patients involved more than $2 million in payments to D and D and Mercy. Sentencing is set for May 27, 2016 before U.S. District Judge Gayles.
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