Vance Fraud Task Force Sweeping Up Legitimate Small Hospice Businesses, Report Finds

Washington Post—A crackdown on fraudulent hospice providers launched under Vice President Vance's fraud task force has ensnared legitimate small businesses, with valid providers losing Medicare contracts despite no evidence of wrongdoing. Officials have downplayed evidence of collateral damage. The investigation targeted fraudulent hospices but is pulling in companies with clean records, threatening their ability to operate.

• Washington Post — Small businesses losing Medicare contracts; officials downplay collateral damage from hospice fraud crackdown.
• Memeorandum — Officials downplayed collateral damage after roughly 800 hospices were suspended, many of them legitimate operators.