Home Health & Hospice Week

Fraud & Abuse:

Novus Hospice Fraudsters Approach A Century Of Prison Time

The longest sentence is more than 13 years, while the most recent is for the hospice’s marketing director. Six years after federal raids and five years after being indicted in the salacious Novus Health Care Services fraud case, 13 of the individuals involved in the Dallas-area hospice scheme have been sentenced to a combined 84 years in prison, the Department [...]
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