Patient Recruiter Pleads Guilty in Health Care Fraud Conspiracy

Patient Recruiter Pleads Guilty in Health Care Fraud Conspiracy—12/16/11

Posted by: Staff On: January 4th, 2012 | Number of Comments: Comments Off

Alliance Healthcare Services patient recruiter, Ollie Futrell, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge for engaging in a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Her four co-owners also pled guilty last week for their roles in the fraud scheme. The case was the first to be prosecuted by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in Dallas.

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