CA-AG v. New Hope Hospice, Inc.

New Hope Hospice, Inc. and Sterling Hospice Care, Inc. allegedly stole more than $4200000 from the federal Medicare and state Medi-Cal programs. New Hope Hospice, Inc. and Sterling Hospice Care, Inc. allegedly enrolled patients who were not terminally ill into hospice care. The defendants allegedly billed Medicare and Medi-Cal for millions of dollars, fraudulently claiming that they were providing hospice care to patients who had less than six months to live when in fact these patients were not terminally ill.

Summary generated from official California Attorney General press release