Restoring trust in hospice begins with ending Medicare fraud
It provides Medicare beneficiaries and their families comfort and support during their most vulnerable moments, access to pain and medication management, and medical equipment to alleviate symptoms. In addition, it provides social worker support, spiritual support or chaplaincy, grief counseling, and respite care for caregivers. While losing someone you love is excruciating, many families — including my own — feel a sense of relief by the comfort and improved quality of life that hospice offers.
- ▪It provides Medicare beneficiaries and their families comfort and support during their most vulnerable moments, access to pain and medication management, and medical equipment to alleviate symptoms.
- ▪In addition, it provides social worker support, spiritual support or chaplaincy, grief counseling, and respite care for caregivers.
- ▪While losing someone you love is excruciating, many families — including my own — feel a sense of relief by the comfort and improved quality of life that hospice offers.
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Opinion>Opinions - Healthcare The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill Restoring trust in hospice begins with ending Medicare fraud Comments: by Jennifer Sheets, opinion contributor - 04/28/26 1:00 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Jennifer Sheets, opinion contributor - 04/28/26 1:00 PM ET Comments: Link copied Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency Kim Johnson, left, and California Attorney General Rob Bonta announce the dismantling of a major hospice fraud scheme that defrauded the state of $267 million during a news conference in Los Angeles on Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Hospice care is a beautiful service for individuals approaching the end of life, as well as a difficult decision.
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