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Hospice Medical Director Receives 50-Month Prison Sentence for $150M Fraud

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A federal judge has sentenced Jesus Virlar-Cadena, formerly a medical director for the Texas-based hospice company Merida Group, to 50 months in prison for his role in a $152 million scheme. The Texas Medical Board suspended his medical license in 2019, when he pleaded guilty to the fraud charges.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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Reading Ira’s article, it essentially was the VITAS Medical Director job description. Lauren: And looking in the Medicare data, you cannot figure out when a hospice changed ownership. billion in one year hospice saved Medicare, and that was by focusing on what matters to people, to patients and families.

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