Central District of California | 8 Arrested in Health Care Fraud . . . In coordination with the Vice President’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, seven defendants, including three nurses, a chiropractor, and a psychologist, have been arrested on federal charges that they schemed to defraud the nation’s health care system out of more than $50 million – including by running sham hospice care facilities that bilked Medicare by using people without
Feds charge 15 in SoCal hospice fraud crackdown - KESQ "The Southern California region is a high-risk environment for hospice-related and many other forms of health care fraud,'' said Akil Davis, assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles
Feds Bust SoCal Hospice Fraud Ring, Charge 15 with Bilking Millions Federal authorities announced the arrest of 8 people and charges against 15 individuals accused of running a scheme to defraud Medicare of over $50 million by operating sham hospice facilities across Southern California The defendants allegedly billed Medicare for hospice care for patients who were not actually terminally ill, using the funds for personal expenses instead of providing end-of
8 Arrested, 15 Charged in $50M Hospice Fraud Scheme Across Southern . . . TL DR – Federal officials have arrested eight people and charged 15 in connection to a fraudulent scheme where over $50 million in healthcare funds were bilked through fake hospice facilities in Southern California The defendants presented non-terminally ill patients as terminally ill to bill Medicare for reimbursement payments over multiple years Some of the funds were allegedly used for