Hurricane preparedness breakfast promotes storm readiness
City of Port Aransas ensuring hurricane awareness
Our own, Meteorologist Juan Acuna, spoke at the Aransas Pass hurricane preparedness breakfast Wednesday morning.
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ARANSAS PASS, Texas â Aransas Pass city leaders are working to make sure everyone is prepared for the upcoming hurricane season.
Hurricane season starts on June 1 and will run through Nov. 30.
City officials, experts and the general public were invited to a Hurricane Preparedness Breakfast Wednesday morning at the Butter Churn.
KRIS 6 Meteorologist Juan Acuña discussed the 2021 hurricane forecast that has been provided by experts from Colorado State University.
4 Houston medical workers charged in $32M health care fraud scheme
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HOUSTON – Four Hillcroft Physician medical workers, including a medical director and operator, are in custody in connection with a $32 million health care fraud scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
Farrah Forough Farizani, 57; Hamid Reza Razavi, 60; Elie Hanna Hajjar, 48; and Juan Acuña, 64, have been charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Farizani, Razavi and Hajjar are also charged with five counts of making false statements relating to health care matters.
According to court documents, the four medical workers are accused of submitting false and fraudulent claims to Medicaid and Medicare for services that were not provided as billed or were not provided by a licensed, qualified and enrolled provider. The four are also accused of misleading patients and staff to believe that Hajjar and Acuña were licensed to practice medicine in Texas.
The Justice Department lists some of the purchases as nearly $725,000 for homes in Katy and Cypress, and $78,000 for a 2020 Land Rover.
Farizani, Razavi, Hajjar, and Acuña allegedly misled patients and staff to believe that Hajjar and Acuña were licensed to practice medicine in Texas.
The court documents go on to allege that Farizani and Razavi directed Hajjar and Acuña to pose as licensed medical professionals. Hajjar and Acuña then allegedly examined, diagnosed, treated, referred and prescribed drugs for patients.
Documents note that many of the patients were non-English speaking Medicaid clients unfamiliar with the American medical system.
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