SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio woman has been charged in a federal health care fraud case that involved millions of dollars in improper Medicare claims.
Christina Charles, 52, is accused of taking illegal kickbacks in exchange for referring patients to several San Antonio-area hospice companies.
According to federal prosecutors, those referrals led to more than $9 million in Medicare claims for hospice services that were not eligible for reimbursement because they were tied to kickbacks. Medicare ultimately paid about $3 million on those claims, according to the indictment…