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4-Year Hospice Stays And 2-Week GIP Stays Tip Off The Feds To Fraud

Published on Fri Jul 24, 2020

Hope Hospice in Fort Meyers, Florida, will pay $3.2 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE for ineligible benefi­ciaries, says a Department of Justice release. “From July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2016, Hope Hospice billed Medicare for four or more years of hospice care for certain patients who were not terminally ill [...]
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