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FBI Arrests Eight Suspects In Million LA County Over Hospice Fraud

FBI Arrests Eight Suspects In $60 Million LA County Over Hospice Fraud

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Madeline Shannon via The Center Square, The FBI made multiple arrests Thursday in Los Angeles County in connection with allegations over a total of $60 million in hospice-related Medicaid fraud. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced the arrests for Operation Never Say Die during a news conference. “Federal agents from multiple agencies descended on fraudsters throughout Southern California, executing multiple arrests and search warrants,” Essayli told reporters. Early this morning, the FBI and partners arrested 8 of 15 defendants charged in connection with 9 separate health care fraud investigations focusing on hospice fraud and other schemes. The arrests were made in and around Los Angeles County, as well as in Court d’Alene, Idaho.… pic.twitter.com/FAPVRNdtLy — FBI Los Angeles (@FBILosAngeles) April 2, 2026 Eight people were arrested, Essayli said, and charges will be brought against 15 individuals who are accused of defrauding $60 million in health care fraud in greater Los Angeles County, including allegedly operating fraudulent hospice care businesses. Lolita Minerd, 65, from Anaheim, ran Artesia-based Topanga Hospice Care, which ran a $9.1 million price tag over five years, Essayli said. …

“The Numbers Are Shocking”: California Faces Scrutiny Over Hospice Fraud

“The Numbers Are Shocking”: California Faces Scrutiny Over Hospice Fraud

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times, Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, posted an Instagram video this week detailing ongoing fraud among hospice and health care facilities in Los Angeles County. Investigations have focused on Los Angeles County, where officials said state regulators did little to stop fraud.  Investigators believe that the start of the hospice fraud can be traced as far back as 2010. “The normalization of hospice fraud in California has to stop,” Oz said in his Instagram video while standing in front of one of the Los Angeles County homes that served as a hospice. “The numbers are shocking.” Here’s what to know about the ongoing fraud scandal and how it is being addressed. How Do Hospice Schemes Work? Oz described in his video how the people running that particular hospice allegedly enrolled six individuals into their program. The patients in the facility allegedly weren’t dying but were put on hospice so the owners of the business could charge Medicare for providing care. The …

CBS News Investigation Uncovers Massive Medicare Hospice Fraud In L.A. County

CBS News Investigation Uncovers Massive Medicare Hospice Fraud In L.A. County

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, An investigation by CBS News has discovered massive Medicare fraud at more than 700 out of 1,800 licensed hospice providers in Los Angeles County. The scam utilizes stolen Medicare numbers to fraudulently enroll healthy seniors in hospice with fake terminal diagnoses, billing Medicare an average of $29,000 per patient without delivering care, to the tune of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FRAUD: There’s a stretch in Los Angeles with 500 registered hospice companies within just three miles of each other. And 89 in a single building. But when we visited, we found empty offices, piled-up mail, and phone lines dead. Watch CBS News’ exclusive… pic.twitter.com/ydb8v0RqxE — CBS News (@CBSNews) March 10, 2026 About 31 percent of hospice and home health companies in the U.S. are registered in L.A. County but when investigators visited the addresses listed, they found no clinics, patients or healthcare workers. Instead they found multiple red flags, including multiple hospices in one building, high rates of terminally ill patients later discharged alive, excessive billing, …

A hospice that aims to save lives : NPR

A hospice that aims to save lives : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Sylvia Nakami, executive director of Uganda’s Rays of Hope Hospice Jinja, is leading the institution’s cancer prevention and treatment efforts. Brian Simpson for NPR hide caption toggle caption Brian Simpson for NPR Deborah Nantenza learned about cervical cancer screening at a hospital in eastern Uganda, a rural region where early diagnosis is rare. She knew women who had died of the disease yet feared being tested. “The health workers encouraged me,” Nantenza says. Clinical staff found precancerous cervical cells during that June 2022 clinic screening, and the 46-year-old mother of six was quickly treated. “I’m feeling better,” says Nantenza, who now advocates for other women, many never screened before. The cancer screening, education and treatment were led by a hospice — an institution traditionally limited to easing the pain of the dying. The team at Rays of Hope Hospice Jinja in Uganda had long wanted to do more. Even with liquid morphine and other pain medications the hospice provided to ease symptoms, women with cervical cancer “didn’t just die a normal death. They died after …