South Fla. DME Owners Sentenced in $420 Million Medicare Scam

The owners of South Florida durable medical equipment (DME) company and their billing clerk have been sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms in connection with a scheme that billed Medicare for nearly $420 million in equipment that was neither prescribed by doctors nor delivered to patients.U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta said Mabel and Abner Diaz, of Miami Lakes, Fla., each were sentenced to 14 years in prison last week after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and health care fraud. The couple owned All-Med Billing Corp. of Miami.All-Med's billing clerk, Suleid...