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How Fraudulent Hospices Evade Regulators

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“I always get agencies that ask me to swap patients with them,” a hospice CEO said. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has introduced a series of new regulations to combat fraud during the past two years. Scammer hospices enroll patients without informed consent.

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Bereaved Families Face ‘Devastating’ Impacts of Hospice Fraud

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The impacts of fraudulent activity in hospice on patients and their families can be devastating,” Kraus told Hospice News. Cheryl Kraus, director of government affairs and policy, Hospice & Palliative Care Association of New York State The U.S. Was informed consent given? It’s untangling all of that.”