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Too many hospice providers in the U.S. are run by private equity and for-profit corporations. A lack of regulation allows them to provide abysmal end-of-life care

In a press release dated September 27, 2023, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Texas announced that Jesus Virlar-Cadena was sentenced to serve 50 months in federal...

Hospice Medical Director Sentenced for $150 Million Hospice Fraud Scheme

Hospice patients facing imminent death qualify for around-the-clock care, allowing providers to bill at higher rates. Novus Health Services, a Frisco...

A Texas man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy at the Merida Group, a chain of hospice and home health agencies throughout Texas, to falsely convince thousands of patients with long-term incurable diseases they had less than six months to live in order to enroll the patients in hospice programs for which they were otherwise unqualified, thereby increasing revenue to the company. 

Source: United States Department of Justice News A Texas man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy at the Merida Group, a chain of hospice and home health agencies throughout Texas, to falsely convince thousands of patients with long-term incurable diseases they had less than six months to live in order to enroll the patients in hospice programs for which they were otherwise unqualified, thereby increasing revenue to the company. 

Print this article A Texas man will spend the next two years in prison after he played a part in a multimillion-dollar hospice care fraud that routinely falsified medical records to convince patients they had "less than six months to live." Jose Garza, 44, the former operations manager for the Merida Group, was sentenced to 27 months behind bars on Wednesday after he recruited patients throughout the Rio Grande Valley, bribed doctors, and directed hospital employees to fake charts, the Depart...

Henry McInnis, who had no previous medical experience, told patients with long-term terminal illnesses that they had less than six months to live in order to enroll them in his companys hospice

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CEO Sentenced for $150 Million Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme Posted on The CEO of a Texas-based group of hospice and home health entities was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for falsely telling thousands of patients with long-term incurable diseases they had less than six months to live in order to enroll the patients in hospice programs for which they were otherwise unqualified, thereby increasing revenue to the company.   Henry McInnis, 50, of Harlingen, Texas was con...