FRAUD: Almost 20% of All Medicare Home Healthcare Spending Is in ONE County
- Los Angeles County accounts for 18% of all U.S. Medicare home health and hospice billing, totaling $3.5 billion annually, according to CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz.
- The California State Auditor reported that from 2010 to 2021, licensed hospice agencies in Los Angeles County grew by 1,589% due to lax regulations.
- Hospice fraud in Los Angeles County has reportedly cost taxpayers $198.1 million in FY2023, with many agencies engaging in questionable practices according to investigators.
- A doctor in Los Angeles billed $120 million in one year for treating 1,900 patients, highlighting serious Medicare fraud issues.
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"Truly Insane Levels Of Fraud" Revealed In California As Investigation Into Healthcare Fraud Continue - The American Tribune.com
In some jaw-dropping news out of California, which has already been exposed as a center of healthcare fraud by Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dr. Oz, a new report has revealed that Los Angeles County alone is a massive center of home health care fraud in America, with the details of the fraud large enough to be a national problem. As background, the massive scandals that have come out of Minnesota, where fraud gan…
Trump Admin Exposes Shocking Minnesota-Style Fraud Scheme In New State
Ghost patients. Sham companies. Offshore owners. Corrupt doctors. Auditors and prosecutors say hospice fraud in Los Angeles has exploded into a taxpayer-funded free-for-all, with billions siphoned off through fake patients, unnecessary services and, in many cases, no care at all. “Hospice is crazy here,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. “You’ve got hospice that’s grown seven-fold in the last five years.…
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