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Whistleblower Sues Over Kickbacks, Ineligible Patients
Published on Fri Oct 09, 2020
A Kansas hospice is facing whistleblower charges that it kept ineligible patients on service and provided kickbacks to nursing homes for referrals. Former Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas employee Trudy Shouse also claims the nonprofit penalized and eventually fired her for bringing the behavior to management, reports the Kansas City Star newspaper. Catholic Charities denies the claims “but will not [...]