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Hospice Whistleblower Rakes In Portion Of $5.5M Settlement

Published on Thu Aug 18, 2022

A hospice whistleblower lawsuit has led to a $5.5 million settlement with an Indianapolis-based long-term care provider. In 2017, a former employee of a hospice doing business with American Senior Communities alleged that ASC was charging Medicare directly for various therapy services provided to beneficiaries who had been placed on hospice, when those services should have already been covered by [...]
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