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Dr. Schwarz is the owner of Tecomate Seed and the Tecomate Ranch!
06/22/2010
Associated Press
Three south Texas dentists and two assistants have been arrested on federal charges related to Medicaid fraud and an alleged kickback scheme.
Federal prosecutors say Dr. Gary Schwarz of McAllen billed Medicaid for services not performed and for services performed by unlicensed employees. Schwarz also allegedly paid a 15 percent kickback to Mission dentists Willis Egger, 40, and 53-year-old Reynaldo Casares for referrals of Medicaid patients.
A 22-count indictment partially unsealed Tuesday also says Renee Thornton, Schwarz's office manager, and Magdalena Garza Cazares, his personal assistant, also have been arrested on fraud charges.
U.S. Magistrate Dorina Ramos ordered all five released on bonds of $100,000 each. It's unclear if any of them had retained lawyers.
Unless they paid cash, any bondsman would only charge them 10% to put up the bond.
the whole medical system in this country ( and others as well I'm sure ) is so far gone I realy feel it is impossible to fix. I will say if you got the money we have the best health care to be had, if you are super rich. even us little mom and pop nursing agencies are fighting over patients, with alot of shady crap going on. legaly we are not even allowed to give out pads/pens or coffee cups anymore, compared to years ago when we would send dr's and their families on vacation so they would refer their pt's to us. the dr's all seem to have their own favorite agencies that they refer their pt's to. I do know dr's and human nature and nobody does something like that consistently unless there is something in it for them. is there some kind of bribery?( and it doesn't just go to md's it goes to hospital/ skilled nsg facillities/assisted living administrators/discharge planners as well as others I don't even know about ) hell yeah it goes on, do I know any specifics? no and I don't want to cuz then I would be liable legaly for not reporting it. and don't get me started on pharmaceutical companies, insurance or hmo's. it's enough to turn your stomach.
does foxworthy own part of tecamate, or is he just on the show?
from what i understand from a doctor buddy of mine in Texas, there is classes out there that dr's offices send their billing people to on "how to get every penny" out of the medicare and medicaid systems.
