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Phoenix Hospice Settles Fraud Charges For $2.2 Million

Published on Fri Oct 23, 2015

Another whistleblower suit is leading to a big payout for a former hospice employee. Serenity Hospice and Palliative Care former employee Cheryl Sifford will receive about $440,000 of the $2.2 million settlement the Phoenix hospice agreed to, reports The Republic newspaper. Serenity founder and former president Ruth Siegel agreed to a five-year exclusion from Medicare in the deal, the Department [...]
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