Lancaster woman convicted in hospice fraud scheme
03/25/25 at 03:00 AM
Lancaster woman convicted in hospice fraud scheme
NBC-4 News, Los Angeles, CA; by City News Service; 3/21/25
A Lancaster [California] woman was found guilty Friday of receiving more than $330,000 in illegal kickbacks for patient referrals to two hospice companies in a fraud scheme that bilked Medicare out of more than $3.2 million through claims for medically unnecessary services. Callie Jean Black, 66, was convicted at the conclusion of a four-day bench trial in Los Angeles federal court of four counts of soliciting and receiving remunerations for patient referrals, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr. scheduled sentencing for July 25. [Continue reading ...]