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3 Texas HHA Owners Draw 3-Year Prison Sentences In Medicare Fraud Case
Three HHA owners have drawn threeyear prison sentences in a $1.3 million Medicare fraud scheme. The two husband-and-wife owners of Alliance Healthcare Services— Ernest and Edith Amadi and George and Agatha Opurum — and patient recruiter Ollie Futrell pled guilty to a scheme in which records were falsified to make Alliance patients who were not homebound appear so, prosecutors say in a release.
Alliance employees and owners also falsified time sheets and visit logs so they could bill for services inadequately rendered or not made at all, says the release from U.S. Attorney Sarah Saldaña.
In addition to being owners, Ernest Amadi was the CEO, George Opurum was the CFO, and the wives were nurses. The Alliance owners also paid Futrell cash for recruiting patients for the agency. Futrell often paid patients $100 per month to receive home care, prosecutors charge.
The Opurums and Edith Amadi each were sentenced to 37 months in prison. Ernest Amadi awaits sentencing. Futrell is currently serving a 33- month sentence.
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