McAllen doctor faces new charges, two employees arrested

McALLEN — Dr. Jorge Zamora-Quezada, the rheumatologist accused of healthcare fraud, faces new charges in a superseding indictment unsealed Wednesday.

The new indictment includes new charges against Zamora-Quezada and his wife, who was arrested last month, including obstruction of justice and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Two employees of his medical practices, Estella Santos Natera, a billing supervisor, and Felix Ramos, who helped manage the doctor’s financial affairs, are accused of assisting the doctor and his wife, Meisy Zamora, in the scheme, according to the indictment.

Santos Natera allegedly helped the couple in executing and attempting to execute a scheme to defraud health insurers by submitting false claims by helping them falsify patient records to appear that certain procedures were medically necessary and that certain procedures had been performed. It is also alleged that she helped them obstruct investigations by creating false records to be provided to the grand jury.

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