Eight individuals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a $50 million hospice and health care fraud scheme in California.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the arrests on Friday in a statement. The individuals are charged with running “sham” hospice care facilities that allegedly billed Medicare for patients who were not eligible, the Justice Department indicated.
Each of the involved individuals faces several years in federal prison sentences if convicted. A group of federal agencies is investigating the case, including the FBI, Justice Department, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG)
“The defendants charged today allegedly turned hospice care into a cash-producing operation … The…
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