Two health care providers and 28 people – including one of the provider’s CEOs, 13 doctors, five nurses and a social worker – were charged with involvement in a $115 million Medicarekickback scheme in California, the Justice Departmentannounced Thursday.

Amity Home Health Care was said to have bribed more than two dozen defendants with kickbacks disguised as payroll, phony medical directorships, “reimbursements,” “entertainment” or “gifts” so they would make referrals to Amity and hospice provider Advent Care, which in turn could bill for those services, prosecutors said. (READ MORE)