12/7/13 - A Livingston County woman is among 20 Detroit-area residents charged in a federal complaint for her alleged role in a multi-million dollar health care fraud scheme involving false billing claims. Physicians, owners and operators of companies, office employees and patient recruiters are accused of submitting more than $34 million in false claims for services that were never rendered and with paying kickbacks to obtain patients to be billed. A criminal complaint that was unsealed last week alleges 54-year-old Michelle Freeman of Pinckney and Elaine Lovett of Wayne County conspired to engage in Medicare fraud and submitted fraudulent claims. The alleged offenses occurred while the pair owned and controlled Oak Park-based ABIX LLC. The complaint alleges they obtained the Medicare numbers of licensed medical service providers in and around Detroit and used the information to bill Medicare for chiropractic and psychotherapy services that were not provided. Freeman appeared in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Thursday and remains free on a $10,000 unsecured bond. A preliminary exam in her case has been set for December 26th. (JM)
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