UnitedHealth's Optum Division Settles Case Alleging it Enrolled Non-Terminally Ill Patients in Hospice, Thus Risking Their Deaths Due to Treatable Illnesses

UnitedHealth's Optum Division Settles Case Alleging it Enrolled Non-Terminally Ill Patients in Hospice, Thus Risking Their Deaths Due to Treatable Illnesses

By Unknown at 9:18 AM

Fraudulant hospice enrollment is a uniquely dangerous practice, yet the latest cases of it have, as usual, attracted little attention. Backg...

Fatal Fraud? - More Settlements by Commercial Hospices of Allegations They Enrolled Non-Terminal Patients

Fatal Fraud? - More Settlements by Commercial Hospices of Allegations They Enrolled Non-Terminal Patients

By Unknown at 5:40 PM

Introduction - Commercialized Hospices We have occasionally written about the rise of the commercialized hospice industry, and concerns tha...

More Hospices Pretending Patients are Terminally Ill

More Hospices Pretending Patients are Terminally Ill

By Unknown at 10:56 AM

In the US, we have been engaged in an experiment involving handing over an ever increasing proportion of direct patient care to for-profit c...