The FBI raided the homes of two hospice company owners in California on fraud and kickback allegations: Oganes Doganyan, 49, of Northridge, and Kristine Arutyunyan, 38, of Glendale, Hospice News reports. While the U.S. Department of Justice did not name the hospice company, Arutyunyan was CEO of May Light Hospice in Van Nuys, Calif., according to National Provider Identifier records.
Court documents accuse the pair of paying illegal kickbacks for hospice referrals of Medicare beneficiaries. The Justice Department indicated that Doganyan and Arutyunyan allegedly filed false hospice claims for hospice care that was medically unnecessary, ineligible for reimbursement or simply not provided, including some patients that apparently do not exist. Read more.
