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Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Hospice Chain Proceeds

Published on Thu Feb 05, 2015

A South Carolina hospice chain is the latest hospice company to face whistleblower allegations of admitting ineligible beneficiaries. Former employees at Agape Hospice Inc.’s Rock Hill location claim that the company admitted patients who didn’t have a six-month prognosis, among other wrongs, reports The State in Columbia. However, the government declined to intervene in the recently unsealed qui tam suit [...]
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