US EditionTexas doctor sentenced to 10 years in prison in one of the ‘most significant’ cases of patient harm
- Jorge Zamora-Quezada, a 68-year-old rheumatologist from Mission, Texas, received a decade-long prison sentence followed by a three-year term of supervised release due to his involvement in a healthcare fraud case.
- He orchestrated a fraud scheme exceeding $118 million by submitting false claims that involved creating fake patient records and wrongly labeling individuals with chronic conditions in order to charge insurers for unnecessary tests and treatments.
- Zamora-Quezada deceitfully labeled patients as having rheumatoid arthritis and subjected them to unnecessary procedures and harmful medications, resulting in severe adverse effects such as strokes and intense pain that impaired daily activities.
- The trial lasted 25 days, resulting in Zamora-Quezada forfeiting more than $28 million, a jet, and a Maserati, with testimony confirming many patients did not have rheumatoid arthritis.
- Authorities warned this sentence signals aggressive pursuit of medical fraud to protect vulnerable patients, federal healthcare integrity, and public funds amid profound patient harm.
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Texas doctor sentenced for 'traumatizing patients, abusing employees, lying to insurers'
"Dr. Zamora-Quezada funded his luxurious lifestyle for two decades by traumatizing his patients, abusing his employees, lying to insurers, and stealing taxpayer money," said Matthew R. Galeotti, Head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
Texas doctor sentenced to 10 years in prison in one of the ‘most significant’ cases of patient harm
For nearly 20 years, a Texas doctor seized on vulnerable patients to defraud them— at times, prescribing chemotherapy, IV infusions, and other unneeded treatments that caused harm.
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