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Criminal Investigation | Aug. 12, 2021

Columbia Woman Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud

DCIS

A Columbia, Mississippi woman pied guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of health care fraud. Thursday, August 12, 2021 According to court documents, beginning in 2016 and continuing for well over two years, Joy Beth Harden, 51, executed a scheme to defraud Medicare and other health care benefit programs. Specifically, Harden submitted fraudulent bills for durable medical equipment on behalf of her business, BZB LLC doing business as Duracare Home Medical Equipment in the Hattiesburg area. As a result, Medicare and other benefits programs paid Harden for durable medical equipment that was never prescribed for patients and for medical equipment that was never delivered to the patients.