tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 9

Hospice: Hospices the Target of Fraud Investigations

Whistleblowers rake in nearly $700K in one fraud settlement. Hospices’ efforts to stay off the fraud and abuse hot seat aren’t helped by some recent multi-million-dollar fraud settlements. For example: A four-state hospice chain based in Oklahoma has paid $4 million to resolve allegations it submitted false claims for hospice patients who were not terminally ill. The settlement is a result of a whistleblower lawsuit. Good Shepherd Hospice, which operates 12 locations in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Texas, “engaged in certain business practices that contributed to claims being submitted for patients who did not have a terminal...

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