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Fraud & Abuse:

Hospice Owner, Administrator See Civil Charges After Convictions

Published on Fri Apr 15, 2022

Plus: Appeals court declines to overturn sentences, restitution. The Department of Justice isn’t done with two hospice fraud convicts. Recap: Merida Group owner Rodney Mesquias and Administrator Henry McInnis ran a $150 million scheme in Texas in which they aggressively enrolled patients with long-term diseases who had limited mental capacity and/or resided in group homes and other facilities; falsely told [...]
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