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LA office plaza at the center of rampant hospice fraud concerns: report

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An unassuming Los Angeles office plaza is apparently home to 89 licensed hospice companies — but the building manager said he only has a record of 12 businesses, according to a report. The stunning number of apparent hospice companies located at Merabi Professional Medical Plaza, a three-story, 32,000-square-foot building in Van Nuys, is raising serious concerns about so-called “ghost hospices,” or companies that operate on paper and bill Medicare, but don’t provide any real services, CBS News reported. “This particular building I noticed, I’m like, ‘dang, how can there be that many licensed and certified hospices in this tiny little building?” patient advocate, Sheila Clark, told the outlet.

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