Federal jury hears testimony in Medicare fraud case in Brownsville
A former administrator at Merida Healthcare Group testified Thursday morning against his former colleagues in a federal courtroom in Brownsville.
According to a federal indictment, the company is accused of billing Medicare more than $153 million for unqualified hospice beneficiaries, resulting in nearly $120 million in profits beginning in 2009.
Testifying Thursday, former Merida administrator Jose Garza implicated Rodney Mesquias, the owner of Merida, as the ringleader in the alleged conspiracy to commit Medicare fraud.
Henry McInnis, 47, Jose Garza, 40, both of Harlingen; Rodney Mesquias, 47, of San Antonio; and Francisco Pena, 82, of Laredo, were implicated in the indictment handed down by a grand jury on Jan. 10, 2018.
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