Mintz Levin: Feds Notch Medicare Fraud and HIPAA Violations Conviction

The owner of a medical supply company was convicted for stealing nearly $11 million from Medicare and violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). From law firm Mintz Levin: 

“Helene Michel, the owner of Medical Solutions Management, Inc., was charged with stealing patient records from nursing homes and using the individually identifiable health information of patients contained in those stolen records to transmit fraudulent claims to Medicare for equipment and services that the company never provided.  Michel used the proceeds of the scheme, which was carried out over the course of more than four years, to buy a $2.2 million home and to fund a pension plan and investment brokerage account worth $2 million…

According to prosecutors, the case represents one of the first criminal prosecutions in the United States for wrongful disclosure of patient information under HIPAA, and their comments made in the announcement of the verdict indicate that it likely will not be the last.”

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