Woman Pleads Guilty To Medicare Fraud Conspiracy

A Miami, Florida woman entered a guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Savannah to conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

By: Sheila Parker | WSAV News 3
Published: June 23, 2009

A Miami, Florida woman entered a guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Savannah to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. The indictment of Riccy Mederos arouse out of Operation Redex Infuscam - a major investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Office Of Health and Human Services. Operation Redex Infuscam investigated fraudulent infusion billings to Medicare in and around the Southern District of Georgia. Evidence presented at the guilty plea hearing showed that from December 2005 through March 2008, Mederos conspired to bill over $6.5 million in fraudulent infusion claims to Medicare for United Therapy, a clinic located on Broughton Street which provided infusion therapy services. The evidence showed that Mederos, along with the assistance of her coconspirators, devised a scheme to defraud Medicare by recruiting patients for United Therapy from local homeless shelters and Section VIII housing, and, although many of these purported patients did not suffer from any medical problems, or did not receive any medical treatment from United Therapy, submitting $6.5 million dollars of phony infusion therapy bills for services that were never actually provided. Mederos now faces a maximum statutory penalty of 15 years imprisonment; a fine of $500,000; and 3 years of supervised release. Mederos remains on bond pending sentence, which will be held upon the completion of a pre-sentence investigation and report.

Woman Pleads Guilty To Medicare Fraud Conspiracy

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