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San Antonio owner of hospice programs gets 20 years behind bars after telling healthy people they were going to die in complex fraud scheme
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In 2019, the Merida Health Care Group’s and its owner, Rodney Mesquias, were convicted of a $150 million health care fraud scheme that exploited thousands of patients. The company’s website in 2015 listed seven locations across Texas.Wayback Machine Internet ArchiveShow MoreShow Less
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The “About Us” section of Merida Group’s website in June 2013 says it was founded in 1994 by Beatrice Mesquias, but at some point her son Rodney Mesquias took over the hospice company. Last year, he was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently collect $150 million from the government for unnecessary hospice care.Wayback Machine Internet ArchiveShow MoreShow Less