McALLEN, Texas – An operator of a durable medical equipment
(DME) company was ordered to federal prison following his admission of
defrauding Medicaid, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. George Louis
Moreno, 59, of McAllen, pleaded guilty Jan. 24, 2018.
Today, U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez handed Moreno a
36-month sentence to be immediately followed by three years of supervised
release. Moreno was also ordered to pay approximately $1.5 million in
restitution to the Texas Medicaid Program.
Moreno was the owner and operator of MARS DME Inc. located
in McAllen. From August 2008 to January 2016, Moreno submitted numerous false
and fraudulent claims for incontinence supplies, resulting in approximately
$1.5 million loss to Medicaid. Specifically, Moreno submitted claims for
incontinence supplies that were not delivered to beneficiaries. In many
instances, Moreno billed Medicaid for large quantities of higher-reimbursing
incontinence supplies, when in fact the company was delivering smaller
quantities of inexpensive supplies to recipients. Moreno also paid cash to some
beneficiaries in lieu of delivering supplies.
Moreno was permitted to remain on bond and voluntarily
surrender Jan. 2, 2019.
The Texas Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit,
Department of Health and Human Services‐Office of Inspector General, FBI and
Texas health and Human Services Commission conducted the investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Andrew Swartz and Special AUSA Marian Swanberg
are prosecuting the case.
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