American Hospice Management Goes Bankrupt

American Hospice Management Holdings has filed for bankruptcy protection amid “severe financial stress,” leaving the hospice care provider six weeks to sell its business. Already, Hospice Partners of America made a “stalking horse” bid to acquire American Hospice’s operations in Virginia and Texas, leaving operations in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey and Oklahoma up for […]

Hospice Company Agrees to $12 Million to Settle Medicare Fraud Case

Hospice of Arizona, L.C., its related entity American Hospice Management LLC, and their parent corporation American Hospice Management Holdings LLC have agreed to pay $12 million to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false reimbursement claims to Medicare for ineligible hospice services, the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday.  Between Sept. […]