A Lakeland husband and wife have been indicted on federal charges they defrauded the U.S. government by fraudulently billing Medicare for physical therapy services.
Lilian Pagkaliwangan, 40, and Raymundo P. Arellano, 42, operators of Lakeland Therapy Providers Inc. and Optimum Therapy Inc., are accused of committing the fraud between April 2006 and June 2008.
The indictment says the couple submitted claims for services not rendered, including services that were purportedly rendered on days the patients were not at the couple's clinic and didn't receive any services.
The investigation was conducted by a regional task force of federal and local agencies formed to combat Medicare fraud established by the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and
Human Services.
"The Office of Inspector General is pleased to report that partnerships - such as with the Florida Medicaid Fraud Control Unit - are already yielding results and protecting our most vulnerable citizens," Christopher B. Dennis, special agent in charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General-Miami Region, said in an e-mail.
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