McALLEN — Five Valley residents have been charged with Medicare fraud and the payment of illegal kickbacks.
According to the charging documents, each of the five individuals engaged in conspiracies to refer Medicare beneficiaries to a home health agency in exchange for illegal kickback payments. In many instances, the referred Medicare beneficiaries allegedly did not need or qualify for home health services, resulting in the submission of fraudulent claims to Medicare, according to the charges.
Source: Five RGV residents charged with Medicare fraud, illegal kickbacks THE MONITOR