Saugus nurse arrested in FBI raid for alleged part in $2.5 million Medicare [hospice] fraud
06/03/25 at 02:15 AM
Saugus nurse arrested in FBI raid for alleged part in $2.5 million Medicare [hospice] fraud
KHTS - Santa Clarita News, Santa Clarita, CA; by Jade Aubuchon; 5/30/25
Jessa Zayas, aka Jessa Contreras, a vocational nurse, is believed to have committed medicare fraud through two different hospice providers, submitting more than $2,500,000 in fraudulent claims to Medicare. Zayas is the Chief Executive Officer of two hospice providers, Healing Hands Hospice Inc. and Humane Love Hospice. From June 2023 through February 2025, she caused Healing Hands and Humane Love to bill Medicare for millions of dollars’ worth of hospice services that were not medically necessary, not authorized by a physician, and were not actually provided to the patients. ...