Death Nurse: November is hospice month! Commit a crime, pay a dime

a business model ain't a health care model

I spent fifteen (15) minutes on Google to come up with this rogue's gallery that includes some of the largest and loudest for-profit corporate hospice players in the game. It's not a definitive list, but compiling one would be a worthwhile endeavor.

For now - the first draft of the Death Nurse Hospice Fraud Wall of Shame, based on my brief, superficial, but nonetheless informative research, here presented in chronological order.

These 12 settlements add up to over $337.54 Million. The September bust in San Francisco is one to watch.

For a sense of the money at stake, Medicare paid about $19 Billion in claims for hospice care in 2017.

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Bay Area’s Largest Home Health Care Agency And 28 Health Care Industry Workers Charged In Patients-For-Cash Kickback Scheme

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Hospice Provider Southern Care Inc. Pays Nearly $6 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Monday, June 25, 2018

Caris Agrees to Pay $8.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit

Thursday, February 8, 2018

Horizons Hospice and Owner Agree to Pay $1.24 Million to Settle Two False Claims Act Whistleblower Lawsuits

Thursday, December 21, 2017

United States Settles False Claims Allegations Against Haven Hospice For More Than $5 Million