Midland doctor pleads guilty to health care fraud
Piyush V. Patel, a Midland cardiologist and Heart Place Hospital owner, pleaded guilty in federal court to health care fraud for billing Medicare, Medicaid, and FEHBP while barred by a prior felony. Co-defendant wife Meenakshi Patel’s charges were dropped, but could be refiled if further irregularities appear. Investigators say the scheme used other doctors’ names and the wife’s provider numbers to obtain over $1 million in illicit payments. sentencing expected in July.
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Piyush V. Patel
Patel
Midland
Heart Place Hospital
Village Circle
U.S
John Klassen
Meenakshi P. Patel
Klassen
Piyush Patel
Alta Porter Cassity Obituary in Odessa at 87
Alta Porter Cassity 87 of Odessa died May 1 2005 at Parks Methodist Retirement Center Born December 25 1917 in Orr Oklahoma to Jody Lee Porter and Mary Briscoe Porter moved to Odessa in 1933 married Monroe Cassity in 1938 with two children Carol Russell and Gary Cassity Survived by four grandchildren and two great grandchildren sister Jo an Herndon of Albuquerque Funeral service with graveside interment at old Odessa Cemetery arranged by Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home
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Alta Porter Cassity
Parks Methodist Retirement Center
Orr
Okla
Jody Lee
Mary Briscoe Porter
Alta
Monroe Cassity
Cassitys
Carol
Gary
Monroe
Odessa High School
Odessa College
Creative Writers
Odessa Poetry Club
Odessa Cultural Council
Carol Russell
Gary Cassity
Waco
Scott Cassity
Greg Cassity
Austin
Mike Russell Jr
McAllen
Steven Russell
San Diego
Calif
Dallas
Dillon Russell
Joan Herndon
Albuquerque
N.M
Parks Methodist
Odyssey Hospice
Old Odessa
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Pecos High FFA land judging team to compete at nationals
Pecos High School FFA will send its land judging team to a national contest in Oklahoma City, their first trip in three years. Team members Andrew Grant, Matt Elliott, Bill Moody, Jennie Canon, Katie Lee, and Justin Hannz depart Monday for a Thursday competition.
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Pecos High School
FFA
Oklahoma City
Tim Flanagan
Andrew Grant
Matt Elliott
Bill Moody
Jennie Canon
Katie Lee
Justin Hannz
Flanagan
Pecos High
Jim Workman
Danny Beck
Stephenville
Moody
Alpine council members cleared in Open Meetings Act cases
Alpine District Attorney Frank Brown dismissed Texas Open Meetings Act charges against Ward 3 council member Katie Elms-Lawrence and Ward 1 member Avinash Rangra. Both pleaded not guilty earlier. Rangra faces a challenger in the upcoming election while Elms-Lawrence is not seeking re-election. Defenders claim timing amid city elections and potential constitutional challenges to the act.
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Alpine
Frank Brown
Alpine City
Katie Elms-Lawrence
Avinash Rangra
Rangra
Sam Witt
Elms-Lawrence
Burnis Lawrence
Brown
Rod Ponton
Dick DeGuerin
Marfa
Houston
Ponton
DeGuerin
Manuel Payne
Dille and Walker Death Notices From Midland Fort Stockton
Sabina Mazurek Dille 87 of Midland former Bergner’s employee died at Midland Memorial Hospital. Services Saturday at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Survivors include husband Holmes Dille son Brian Dille daughter Patricia Dille and others. Jane Irene Walker 82 of Fort Stockton cafeteria manager with Fort Stockton ISD died Monday in Fort Stockton. Services pending with Fort Stockton Funeral Home.
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Odessa
Midland
Bergner’s Department Store
Peoria
Ill
Midland Memorial Hospital
Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel
Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Sabina
Chicago, Ill
First United Methodist Church of
Holmes Oliver Dille
Brian Keith Dille
Patricia Ann Dille
Quito
Ecuador
Dave
Pat Dille
Crosby
Irene Warczak
Denver
Fort Stockton
Jane Irene Walker
Fort Stockton Independent School District
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N. Main Street
Texas
Ruth Campbell
Pecos High Ffa
Tarleton State University
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Tanner
Alpine Open Meetings
America
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Jane Smith
Odessa American
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Pet ‘N’ Zoo
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4Th St
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Precious Memories Monument Co
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