By Associated Press Last updated at 4:28 PM on 29th February 2012 A Texas doctor has been charged with running a massive health fraud care scheme with thousands of fraudulent patients and intermediaries allegedly offering cash, food stamps or free groceries, to bilk Medicare and Medicaid of nearly $375million. A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday charges Jacques Roy, a doctor who owned Medistat Group Associates in DeSoto, Texas, and six others in an alleged scheme to bill Medicare for home health services that were not properly billed, not medically necessary or not done. The scheme was the largest dollar amount by a single doctor uncovered by a task force on Medicare fraud, authorities said.
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Jacques Roy owned Medistat Group Associates in DeSoto, Texas
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Could face up to 100 years in prison
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78 home health agencies suspended for alleged links to the scheme
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Roy said to have billed beneficiaries 'off the charts' for the last five years
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Health care fraud estimated to cost government $60billion a year
After CMS suspended Medicare provider accounts belonging to Roy and Medistat last July, Medistat's employees allegedly started billing @placeholder under a different provider number under Roy's supervision, authorities said.