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New Orleans Hospice Owner Convicted of Billing Medicare for $62 Million in Potentially Fraudulent Claims

Department of Justice – Shiva Akula of New Orleans has been convicted of using his hospice facility to defraud Medicare, after billing the government for approximately $62 million and receiving some $47 million for invalid claims.

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