[Updated] CMS crackdown on fraudulent hospice providers in full effect in 2024, expert says

[Updated] CMS crackdown on fraudulent hospice providers in full effect in 2024, expert says 
McKnights Product Theater, by Adam Healy; 2/22/24
In recent years, unscrupulous hospice providers have cropped up in California and other states. In response, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has prepared a slew of tools to curtail the fraud. States continue to feel the effects. As an example, a California hospice operator last week was convicted in a Medicare fraud scheme for billing nearly $3 million for services that patients did not need, according to the Department of Justice.