Tag: hhs-oig
Art Hustle: Medicare Bilked
⏱ 3 min read Irina Segal, the woman behind Bucks County’s Segal Arts, just cut a check for $200,000 to settle federal charges that she was running a Medicare scam. For an unspecified period, Segal allegedly billed the program for bogus occupational therapy – really just group art classes at assisted living facilities in Pennsylvania…
Coloring Book Crooks: Medicare Fleece
⏱ 2 min read Irina Segal and her company, Segal Arts, LLC, are paying up $200,000 after a federal probe revealed they were billing Medicare for one-on-one occupational therapy that never happened. The scheme, which unfolded across assisted living facilities and adult day care centers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, essentially swapped medical rehabilitation for…
Coloring Scam: Medicare Ripped Off
⏱ 2 min read Irina Segal, the owner of Segal Arts, LLC, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, just got a slap on the wrist for a cold-blooded scheme to bilk Medicare out of $200,000. Segal billed the federal health program for individualized occupational therapy sessions for elderly patients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey assisted living facilities…
Finger Painting Fleece: Medicare Bilked
⏱ 2 min read Irina Segal, the owner of Segal Arts, LLC in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, just got burned for turning arts and crafts hour into a Medicare money-grab. The feds say she was billing the program for individualized occupational therapy… when she was actually leading group sessions – think coloring books, not physical rehabilitation…
PA Firm Bilks Medicare Out of $200K
PHILADELPHIA – Bucks County’s Segal Arts, LLC, and owner Irina Segal avoided criminal charges, but will repay $200,000 to Medicare after a federal investigation revealed a scheme to inflate bills. The company allegedly billed the program for one-on-one occupational therapy that never happened, instead offering group art sessions at nursing homes in Pennsylvania and New…
