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Skip to main content Currently Reading San Antonio owner of hospice programs gets 20 years behind bars after telling healthy people they were going to die in complex fraud scheme FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 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 2of2 The “About Us” section of Merida Group’s website in June 2013 says it was founded in 1994 by B...

Texas Man Sentenced To 20 Years For Hospice Fraud Scheme By Laurel Wamsley  December 17, 2020 A Texas corporate executive has been sentenced by a federal jury to 20 years in prison for running a scheme in which people with long-term illnesses were falsely told they would die soon, and then enrolled them in hospice programs. In the scheme, thousands of patients with diseases like Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia were told they had just six months to live. Going on palliative care meant that they were no longer able to have medical insurance cover curative medical services, the Justic...

The Department of Justice announced that a Texas man convicted last year of fraud and money laundering was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Rodney Mesquias owned a company that falsely told people they would die within six months in order to sell them hospice care. Alex Edelman / AFP via Getty Images Originally published on December 18, 2020 10:57 am A Texas corporate executive has been sentenced by a federal jury to 20 years in prison for running a scheme in which people with long-term illnesses were falsely told they would die soon, and then enrolled them in hospice programs. In the s...

Owner of hospice companies sentenced to 20-years in prison for $150 million health care fraud and money laundering scheme 44 Shares A corporate executive has been ordered to serve 20 years in prison after his conviction related to falsely telling thousands of patients with long-term incurable diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and dementia, they had less than six months to live and subsequently enrolling them in hospice programs.    A federal jury in McAllen, Texas, convicted Rodney Mesquias, 48, of San Antonio, Texas. The one-month trial in November 2019 was one of the first criminal hospice ...