California Doctor Sentenced for $2.8 Million Hospice Fraud

A California doctor was sentenced to 37 months in prison for his role in a $2.8 million fraud scheme in which he billed Medicare for hospice services that patients did not need, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

According to the DOJ, John Thropay was the medical director of multiple hospice companies where from 2014 to 2016 he fraudulently certified Medicare patients as having terminal illnesses that they did not have so that the company could bill Medicare for hospice services.

In 2015, Thropay was listed as attending provider for more hospice claims paid by Medicare than any other provider ...