Hospice care

Mississippi doctor convicted of hospice health care fraud

April 5, 2022 GMT

GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a Mississippi doctor of referring and certifying patients to hospice care who were not terminally ill and didn't know what sort of treatment they would be getting.

Charges allege Southern California hospice care fraud

February 24, 2022 GMT

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (AP) — Sixteen people have been charged with defrauding the California Medi-Cal and federal Medicare systems of more than $4.2 million by enrolling people who were not terminally ill into hospice care, authorities said Thursday.

Man charged with killing grandmother dies in hospice care

January 26, 2022 GMT

NASHUA, N.H (AP) — A man who was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his grandmother has died after suffering a medical event, the New Hampshire attorney general's office said.

Jacob Abraham, 28, was hospitalized earlier this month.

Powerful South Carolina lawmaker Leatherman in hospice care

By MEG KINNARDOctober 21, 2021 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State Sen. Hugh Leatherman, South Carolina's oldest and most powerful state lawmaker, is currently receiving hospice care after the discovery of what colleagues described as an inoperable cancer.

Another NC health care visitation measure headed to governor

October 6, 2021 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Hospitals, nursing homes and adult care and hospice care facilities in North Carolina would be required to allow patient visits in a measure given final legislative approval on Wednesday.

Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards in hospice care

By KEVIN McGILLJuly 6, 2021 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards, who turns 94 in August, announced Tuesday that he has entered hospice care after being hospitalized Sunday with pain in his right lung.

The four-term former governor, whose three-decade dominance of Louisiana politics was all but overshadowed by an eight-year stretch in federal prison, downplayed the end-of-life aspect of hospice care.

Hospice care center brightens patients’ days with good deeds

May 9, 2021 GMT

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — A hospice care center in Mississippi is working to brighten patients' days with good deeds.

Wishing Well Project was started at SouthernCare Hospice in Picayune.

“If there’s something specific that will just brighten their day, cheer them up and give them a couple of good memories is what we try to do,” Coordinator Rebecca Silvia told WLOX...

Ex-teammate: Hall of Famer Floyd Little enters hospice care

November 22, 2020 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Hall of Fame running back Floyd Little has entered hospice care, according to ex-Syracuse teammate Patrick Killorin...

AP Source: Former Michigan Rep. John Dingell in hospice care

By ANDREW TAYLOR and JEFF KAROUBFebruary 7, 2019 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Former Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history, is receiving hospice care, a person familiar with the situation said Wednesday...

Donations to Rainbow Hospice Care

Staff WriterFebruary 6, 2019 GMT

Editor, Daily Times:

Rainbow Hospice Care gratefully acknowledges the donations made in memory of Marsha M. Hopmann and Virginia M. Daley.

Your gift helps to continue the hospice mission of bringing forth comfort, care and meaning at the end of life.

Ex-hospice supervisor pleads guilty in $60M fraud scheme

June 15, 2018 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — A former hospice nursing supervisor in North Texas has pleaded guilty to her role in a $60 million health care fraud scheme that prosecutors allege involved overdosing patients for profit...