Ms. Montgomery billed Medicare for $188,247 for 22 power wheelchairs when she provided cheaper equipment or did not provide wheelchairs to Medicare patients, according to the report. She received $103,982 in reimbursements.
As part of her sentence, Ms. Montgomery will pay the $103,982 in restitutions to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and will have three years of supervised release, according to the report.
Read the report about the Louisiana woman sentenced for healthcare fraud.
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