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Trial In Hospice Whistleblower Suit Begins

Published on Fri Aug 28, 2015

One hospice chain’s sky-high live discharge rate is getting tested in court. A whistleblower suit filed in 2009 and unsealed in 2012 is finally going to court in Alabama. In the suit, former AseraCare Hospice executive director Marsha Brown and clinical manager Dawn Richardson accused the company of a variety of misdeeds resulting in ineligible patients receiving hospice services (see [...]
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