2026年, 一天内有15家虚假住院使用单一地址注册, 由于广泛的欺诈和监督失败, 向医疗保险和医疗补助公司收取了1230万美元. In 2026, 15 fake hospices were registered in one day using a single address, billing $12.3M to Medicare and Medi-Cal amid widespread fraud and failed oversight.

2026年3月,一项调查发现15个临终关怀中心在一个Van Nuys办公室套房内注册了一天,这是89个临終关怀机构和家庭护理机构使用同一地址的更大模式的一部分. In March 2026, an investigation uncovered that 15 hospices were registered in a single day at one Van Nuys office suite, part of a larger pattern involving 89 hospices and home care agencies using the same address. 通过虚拟办公服务运营,这些设施使用后绕过共同位置规则,向医疗保险和医疗补助公司收取了1230万美元的费用,并且每个只有一个全职员工. Operating through a virtual office service, the facilities used suffixes to bypass co-location rules, billed $12.3 million to Medicare and Medi-Cal, and had only one full-time employee each. 虽然三个临终医院后来因患者认证和人员不足而被取消了资格, 但州政府和联邦监督机构都没有发现这一问题. State and federal oversight failed to detect the issue, though three hospices were later decertified over improper patient certifications and staffing. 发现了所有权,电话号码和人员的重叠情况,促使联邦官员包括CMS管理员梅赫特·奥兹博士称此次欺诈行为"令人震惊", 并要求加强监督. Overlaps in ownership, phone numbers, and personnel were found, prompting federal officials, including CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, to call the fraud “shocking” and demand stronger oversight.