Home Health & Hospice Week
Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Hospice Chain Proceeds
A South Carolina hospice chain is the latest hospice company to face whistleblower allegations of admitting ineligible beneficiaries.
Former employees at Agape Hospice Inc.’s Rock Hill location claim that the company admitted patients who didn’t have a six-month prognosis, among other wrongs, reports The State in Columbia. However, the government declined to intervene in the recently unsealed qui tam suit filed by Brianna Michaels and Amy Whitesides.
In a related lawsuit, ex-Agape employee Kim Stroud, who worked for Agape from 2007 to last August in Columbia, alleges the company fired her for cooperating with the FBI when it was investigating the whistleblower lawsuit, the State says.
Agape’s CEO and founder, Scott Middle-ton, disputes the allegations and says they come from “two disgruntled former employees,” according to a statement cited by The State.
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