Alain Fernandez, LPN, also admitted to conspiring with others in order to defraud and bill Medicare for medically unnecessary services.
The fraud scheme resulted in Medicare being fraudulently billed approximately $43,000 for home health care services that were not medically necessary or ever rendered.
Read the Department of Justice news release on Mr. Alain Fernandez guilty plea to Medicare fraud.
Read other coverage about healthcare fraud in Florida:
– Florida Clinic Owner, Brother Plead Guilty to Medicare Fraud
– Two Florida Pharmacists Sentenced for Kickback Scheme, Submitting False Claims
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