Whistleblowers receive $1.5 million for exposing alleged hospice kickback scheme

Whistleblowers receive $1.5 million for exposing alleged hospice kickback scheme
Whistleblower Network News; by Geoff Schweller; 6/18/25
On June 11, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia announced that Creative Hospice Care, Inc., and affiliated companies paid $9.2 million to settle whistleblower allegations that the entities violated the False Claims Act by entering into kickback arrangements with medical directors in exchange for referrals of hospice patients to Creative Hospice.