Houston Chronicle
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For decades, Riverside General Hospital huddled on a Third Ward corner like a health care stepchild in the shadow of the teeming Texas Medical Center.
But today, its long story is tainted by corruption: One of the hospital's key administrators is in federal custody, guilty by his own account of engaging in a $116 million Medicare claims and kickback scheme involving Riverside patients.According to data obtained by the Chronicle, more than $6 million was paid by the federal Medicare program to Riverside for mental health claims in 2010.
