Owner of FL medical equipment company convicted of fraud
February 3rd, 2010 - 3:18 am ICT by BNO NewsMIAMI (BNO NEWS) – The former president and owner of a medical equipment company on Tuesday was convicted of health care fraud charges, prosecutors said.
Maria A. Aloise, 41, was convicted following a six-day trial in front of a federal jury of ten counts of health care fraud. Aloise was the president and owner of Aetnas Medical Equipment, Inc., a Hialeah-based company that purportedly provided durable medical equipment (DME) to Medicare beneficiaries.
From the summer of 2006 until the spring of 2007, Atenas Medical Equipment submitted approximately $1,421,346 in fraudulent claims to Medicare seeking reimbursement for various types of DME. The DME included items used in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, such as oxygen concentrators.
The treatment of incontinence, such as urinary leg bags; and DME used to treat other illnesses. The DME had not been legitimately prescribed by health care providers and had not been provided to Medicare patients.
Aloise executed her fraud scheme using forged prescriptions, certificates of medical necessity, and delivery receipts. She also fraudulently used identifying information of numerous Medicare beneficiaries and physicians.
She faces a maximum sentence of ten years’ imprisonment on each of the health care fraud counts.
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