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Guy Ross Health Care Fraud Case

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Page 1 of 2 Caterra Bruno05/17/2018HS115A medical assistant was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services announced. Guy Ross was also sentenced by U.S. District Judge Denise Page Hood in the Eastern District of Michigan to three years of supervised release following his prison term and was ordered to pay $472,623 in restitution.Ross, 51, pleaded guilty in July 2010 to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. According to court documents, Ross received kickbacks from the owners and/or operators of two Detroit-area home health agencies, Patient Choice Home Healthcare Inc. and All American Home Care Inc., in exchange

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