DETROIT, MI -- A health care worker pleaded guilty Friday to selling seniors' Medicare information for $200-$300 per beneficiary, according to the FBI. <\/p>\n
Clarence Cooper of Detroit was accused of playing a role in a scheme to submit fraudulent Medicare claims for home health care services that were either unnecessary or never provided. <\/p>\n
The now-defunct First Choice Home Health Care Services Inc. and Reliance Home Care, LLC used the information of hundreds of Medicare beneficiaries provided by Cooper to bill the government nearly $1 million in fraudulent claims between 2008 and 2012, investigators found. <\/p>\n
Cooper, 54, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, according to an FBI news release. <\/p>\n
He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Cooper is scheduled to be sentenced July 23. <\/p>\n
Federal investigators believe the scheme was part of a larger operation that cost the government more than $24.7 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for home health care, psychotherapy and other medical services. <\/p>\n
Some other recent federal health care fraud prosecutions: <\/p>\n
-Seven arrested in Medicare fraud scheme involving four Oakland County health care agencies <\/p>\n
-Livonia doctor accused of luring fraudulent patients with fast food ordered to pay back $3 million in Medicare costs <\/p>\n
-Farmington Hills woman pleads guilty in $4.7 million Medicare scheme <\/p>\n
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