The owner of a Rio Grande Valley home health company has been ordered to prison for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, federal authorities announced. On April 14, 2016, 44-year-old Miguel Angel Contreras of McAllen, pleaded guilty to submitting false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for reimbursements of home health services that were not provided, that a physician had not authorized and/or were not medically necessary, according to a release from the United States Attorney’s Office. Contreras was an owner and administrator for Sambritt Home Health LLC, according to the release.
