A federal court has sentenced Liana Karapetyan, former co-owner of California-based ANG Health Care, Excel Hospice, and Excel Home Healthcare, to 18 months in prison for hospice fraud and anti-kickback violations. The US. Department of Justice filed charges against Karapetyan and her husband Akop Atoyan last year. Atoyan was co-owner of the hospice and home […]
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A $30 million hospice fraud scheme has unfolded in California with the arrest of a physician and a marketer. Both were associated with two Pasadena-based providers — Saint Mariam Hospice, Inc., and Arcadia Hospice Provider, Inc. — the owner of which remains at large for their involvement. Named in a 14-count indictment were physician Victor […]
Law enforcement agencies in California have arrested 14 people for their involvement in a $4.2 million hospice fraud scheme. The individuals had been associated with two San Bernardino County-based providers — New Hope Hospice, Inc. and Sterling Hospice Care, Inc. California Attorney General Rob Bonta alleges that these defendants had enrolled patients who were not […]
Akop Atoyan — owner of the home health and hospice agency ANG Health Care, Excel Home Healthcare and Excel Hospice — has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to pay and receive health care kickbacks. The 48-year-old Glendale, Calif., resident is accused of paying […]
Liana Karapetyan has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to pay and receive kickbacks. Karapetyan is co-owner of Excel Hospice, ANG Health Care, and Excel Home Healthcare, all based in California. Karapetyan and a co-owner of those companies are accused of paying at least […]