HOUSTON (AP) — The former chief executive of a Houston-based physical therapy chain must serve more than 19 years in prison and repay nearly $15 million after being convicted of health care fraud.
Jeffrey Eugene Rose Sr. was sentenced Friday by a federal judge in Houston. The 56-year-old Rose in 2016 was convicted of conspiracy, health care fraud, wire fraud and money laundering in what prosecutors say was a claims scam for services never provided.
Investigators say Rose’s Team Work Ready company submitted fraudulent claims from clinics in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee serving federal workers.
Two other company executives — his wife Pamela Annette Rose and Frankie Lee Sanders — were convicted of the same counts. Pamela Rose was sentenced last summer to 10 years in prison. Sanders received 25 years.