FBI and HHS bust 3 in $1 billion fraud scheme

Healthcare IT News: The United States Department of Justice called it the biggest Medicare fraud case yet.

Philip Esformes, 47, Odette Barcha, 49, and Arnaldo Carmouze, 56, all of Miami-Dade County, Florida, were charged in an indictment claiming that Esformes operated a network of more than 30 skilled nursing homes and assisted living facilities known as The Esformes Network, which gave him access to thousands of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.

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