Former Owner of Durable Medical Equipment Company Pleads Guilty in $5 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme | WPN World People News

A Miami man pleaded guilty to health care fraud charges in connection with a $5 million scheme to defraud Medicare on February 24.

Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge Derrick Jackson of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s (HHS-OIG) Miami Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Mike Fields of HHS-OIG’s Dallas Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Paul Wysopal of the FBI’s Tampa Field Office, and Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner of the FBI’s Houston Field Office made the announcement.

Angel M. Mirabal, 62, of Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and health care fraud before U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke of the Southern District of Florida. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 6, 2015.

In connection with his guilty plea, Mirabal admitted that he was the owner, president and manager of Quick Solutions Medical Supplies Inc. (Quick Solutions), a durable medical equipment (DME) supply company located in Houston, Texas. Mirabel further admitted that from April 2010 through July 2013, he and his co-conspirators operated Quick Solutions for the purpose of billing the Medicare program for, among other things, expensive DME that was medically unnecessary and in many instances not provided to the Medicare beneficiaries. Indeed, many of the beneficiaries who purportedly received the DME resided hundreds of miles away in Miami.

From June 2011 through February 2012, Quick Solutions submitted approximately $5 million in fraudulent claims, and Medicare paid approximately $587,900 for these claims.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice