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Another Hospice Owner Pleads Guilty To Fraud

Published on Fri Oct 19, 2018

A Mississippi hospice owner has pleaded guilty to Medicare fraud in a $13 million scheme. Charline Brandon, owner of Cleveland, Mississippi-based hospices Haven Hospice, North Haven Hospice, Lion Hospice, and North Lion Hospice, admitted to billing Medicare for medically unnecessary services and services never provided, as well as recruiting ineligible patients. “This sham hospice provider exploited the most vulnerable in [...]
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