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Sentencing In Hospice Fraud Case Casts More Shadows On Industry

Fraudsters lying to families about loved ones’ terminal illnesses a low blow. On the heels of a scandalous hospice fraud case where the owner is accused of ordering patients fatally overdosed for financial gain, the sentencing in another hospice case is further besmirching hospices’ good name. Daily cocaine use, corporate planes, and luxury sports cars were what Passages Inc. coowner [...]
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