DALLAS – As part of the largest Medicare fraud bust made in the short history of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, the case against a former Waxahachie doctor, along with five others, is nearing a close. The final investigation found more than $40 million in fraudulent Medicare claims.
According to U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas, three of the six former doctors, all from North Texas, have entered guilty pleas over the last three weeks – the latest being Myrna S. Parcon, 63, of Dallas. Parcon pled guilty Nov. 29 to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and faces up to 10 years in a federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 or twice her monetary gain or the loss to the victim.
A U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) press release states that Parcon owned Dallas-based US Physician Home Visits (USPHV), which a former Waxahachie doctor, Ransome N. Etindi, 56, and the four others worked for from January 2009 through June 9, 2013. During that time, “Parcon and the other five defendants conspired to defraud Medicare by making materially false and fraudulent representations and promises in connection with health care services, namely physician house call visits and home health care.”
Source: Waxahachie doctor, five others responsible for $40 million Medicare fraud