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Feds Intervene In Two Whistleblower Lawsuits Against Hospice Chain

Published on Fri Sep 05, 2014

Alleged high pressure on employees to recruit and retain patients ineligible for the Medi-care hospice benefit has resulted in at least two whistleblower lawsuits in which the government has partially intervened. The suits charge that management at Ever-care Hospice and Palliative Care, now known as Optum Palliative and Hospice Care, “pressured employees and physicians to admit and retain patients who [...]
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