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Medical Director Mayor Faces Fraud Charges In South Texas

Published on Fri Jan 19, 2018

Surprise! The person paying kickbacks may be working for the FBI. Anew fraud case alleging kickbacks for certifying ineligible patients for home health and hospice services has caught mainstream press attention, mainly because the physician indicted is also the mayor of a South Texas town. Rodney Mesquias owned and controlled the Merida Health Care Group, a collection of health care [...]
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