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Washington mdash; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked a resolution proposed by Senate Democrats that would have condemned President Trump s response to protesters in Washington, D.C., on Monday, when federal law enforcement officersforcefully removed demonstrators from a park across from the White House.Senate Minori
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DALLAS - The owner of a Texas medical service provider was among seven people indicted in a massive health care fraud sche
stanley quencher me that allegedly bilked Medicare and Medicaid of nearly $375 million, authorities announced Tuesday.The federal indictment accused Jacques Roy, a doctor who owned Medistat Group Associates in DeSoto, Texas, of leading a scheme that billed Medicare for home health services that were not medically necessary or were not done.Also indicted were Roy s office manager as well as the owners of three home health agencies. A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday accuses the agencies of using Roy to rack up millions o
stanley cup f dollars in false claims.The indictment alleged that from January 2006 through November 2011, Ro
stanley canada y or others certified 11,000 Medicare beneficiaries for more than 500 home health services 151; more patients than any other medical practice in the U.S. Investigators for the U.S. Health and Human Services department noticed irregularities with Roy s practice about one year ago, officials said.Roy had recruiters finding people to bill for home health services, said U.S. Attorney Sarah Saldana, the top federal prosecutor in Dallas. Some of those alleged patients, when approached by investigators, were found working on their cars and clearly not in need of home healthcare, she said. Medicare patients qualify for home health care if they are confined to their homes and need care there, according to a federal indi
