{"id":25484,"date":"2016-07-22T14:16:16","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T21:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=25484"},"modified":"2016-07-22T14:16:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T21:16:16","slug":"feds-3-defendants-charged-1-billion-medicare-fraud-largest-criminal-health-care-fraud-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=25484","title":{"rendered":"Feds:  3 Defendants Charged in $1 Billion Medicare Fraud \u2014 The Largest Criminal Health Care Fraud Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>MIAMI<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5906 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/U.S.-Department-of-Justice.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Department of Justice\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/U.S.-Department-of-Justice.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/U.S.-Department-of-Justice-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>The owner of more than 30 Miami-area skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, a hospital administrator and a physician\u2019s assistant were charged with conspiracy, obstruction, money laundering and health care fraud in connection with a $1 billion scheme involving numerous Miami-based health care providers, federal officials announced Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">According to the indictment, Esformes operated a network of over 30 skilled nursing homes and assisted living facilities \u2014 the Esformes Network \u2014 which gave him access to thousands of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThis is the largest single criminal health care fraud case ever brought against individuals by the Department of Justice, and this is further evidence of how successful data-driven law enforcement has been as a tool in the ongoing fight against health care fraud,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cEsformes is alleged to have been at the top of a complex and profitable health care fraud scheme that resulted in staggering losses \u2013 in excess of $1 billion,\u201d said FBI Special Agent in Charge in Miami George L. Piro. \u201cThe investigators who unraveled this intricate scam are to be commended for their diligence and commitment to root out fraud within our health care system.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Philip Esformes, 47, Odette Barcha, 49, and Arnaldo Carmouze, 56, all of Miami-Dade County, Florida, were each charged in an indictment unsealed Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMedicare fraud has infected every facet of our health care system,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Wilfredo A. Ferrer. \u201cAs a result of our unrelenting efforts to combat these pernicious schemes, the Criminal Division, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office and our law enforcement partners continue to identify and prosecute the criminals who, driven by greed, steal from a program meant for our aged and infirmed to increase their personal wealth.<strong>\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/One-Billion-Dollar-Healthcare-Fraud.pdf\">One-Billion-Dollar Healthcare-Fraud<\/a>\u00a0Graphic<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Many of these Esformes beneficiaries did not qualify for skilled nursing home care or for placement in an assisted living facility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">However, Esformes and his co-conspirators nevertheless admitted them to Esformes Network facilities where the beneficiaries received medically unnecessary services that were billed to Medicare and Medicaid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Esformes and his co-conspirators are also alleged to have further enriched themselves by receiving kickbacks in order to steer these beneficiaries to other health care providers \u2013 including community mental health centers and home health care providers \u2013 who also performed medically unnecessary treatments that were billed to Medicare and Medicaid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In order to hide the kickbacks from law enforcement, these kickbacks were often paid in cash, or were disguised as payments to charitable donations, payments for services and sham lease payments, court documents allege.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Esformes and Barcha were also charged with obstructing justice. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">According to the indictment, following the 2014 arrest of co-conspirators Guillermo and Gabriel Delgado, Esformes attempted to fund Guillermo Delgado\u2019s flight from the United States to avoid trial in Miami.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The indictment further alleges that Barcha created sham medical director contracts following receipt of a grand jury subpoena in June 20, 2016, in order to conceal and disguise the payment of kickbacks she made in exchange for patient referrals for admission to Esformes Network facilities and another Miami-area hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">According to court documents, in 2006, Esformes paid $15.4 million to resolve civil federal health care fraud claims for essentially identical conduct, namely unnecessarily admitting patients from his assisted living facilities into a Miami-area hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">However, Esformes and his co-conspirators allegedly continued this criminal activity-adapting their scheme to prevent detection and continue their fraud after the civil settlement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The indictment alleges that the co-conspirators accomplished this by employing sophisticated money laundering techniques in order to hide the scheme and Esformes\u2019 identify from investigators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Federal investigators\u00a0ultimately employed advanced data analysis and forensic accounting techniques and were able to identify the full scope of the fraud scheme, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The charges and allegations contained in an indictment are merely accusations. 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