No joy for provider who pled guilty to fraud
By HME News Staff
Updated 9:47 AM CDT, Mon August 16, 2021
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Joy Beth Harden has pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud. She was charged with submitting bills to Medicare and other health benefits programs since 2016 for DME that was neither prescribed nor delivered to patients, for her business, BZB LLC doing business as Duracare Home Medical Equipment. Harden, who will be sentenced Nov. 23, 2021, faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
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