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Flagrant Hospice Fraud Scams Are Afoot, FBI Warns

Published on Fri May 03, 2024

The FBI is warning Houston residents about hospice scams, a local news outlet reports. The FBI has received numerous reports about fraudsters enrolling beneficiaries in hospice and billing thousands of dollars before the victims even realize it, says KTRK. “It’s a little bit more egregious and distasteful than some of the other Medicare frauds we typically deal with,” FBI Supervisory [...]
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