The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is prioritizing hospice as the agency cracks down on health care fraud. Increased reimbursement oversight could be on the horizon, lending to a potential rise in whistleblower cases. DOJ counts hospice claims among the root causes of rising Medicare costs in recent years, according to Lisa Miller, deputy assistant […]
Federal prosecutors have filed new charges in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas against Merida Group Owner Rodney Mesquais and CEO Henry McInnis. The criminal complaints allege that the two conspired to violate the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for medically unnecessary hospice care and home health services, totaling $152 […]
Merida Group Owner Rodney Mesquais and CEO Henry McInnis have been found guilty of health care fraud upwards of $152 million, receiving prison sentences of 20 and 15 years, respectively. Texas-based Merida Group ran a network of home health and hospice centers in the state. Mesquais and McInnis were engaged in a scheme to falsely […]
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