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California Home Health Care and Hospice Agencies Owner Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud Medicare Details Written by Imperial Valley News
Sacramento, California - Liana Karapetyan, 41, of El Dorado Hills, pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to pay and receive health care kickbacks, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
According to court documents, Karapetyan and another individual owned and controlled home health care and hospice agencies in the greater Sacramento area: ANG Health Care Inc., Excel Home Healthcare Inc., and Excel Hospice Inc. On behalf of the agencies, Karapetyan and another individual certified to Medicare that they would not pay kickbacks in exchange for Medicare beneficiary referrals to the agencies.