Former Hackensack health aides bilked Medicaid out of thousands, attorney … – The Star-Ledger

TRENTON — Two former aides at a Hackensack home health agency allegedly submitted hundreds of false claims to Medicaid for services they never provided, bilking the government out of thousands of dollars, authorities said.

Anatoli Rountsev, 52, of Totowa, and Naum Lavnevich, 56, of Oakland, were charged Monday with 43 and 154 counts of second-degree health care claims fraud, respectively, as well as third-degree Medicaid fraud and third-degree theft by deception, acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman said.

They both worked as certified homemaker home health aides at Confident Care Corporation. The company is headquartered in Hackensack and has 10 satellite offices in New Jersey, as well as offices in Florida.

Between January 2008 and June 2009, Rountsev submitted 463 false claims to Medicaid for services he did not provide, a state grand jury indictment said. Rountsev was allegedly at another job and couldn’t have performed any of the services.

Medicaid paid out $12,598 for the claims.