Two Nevada-based hospices are facing fraud allegations.
In one case, a provider’s billing privileges have been revoked for the next decade.
Meanwhile, a hospice physician has been indicted for their alleged involvement in a fraud scheme that bilked millions of Medicare dollars.
Hospice Physician Indicted in $95M Kickback Scheme
A Nevada-based physician has been indicted for their alleged involvement in a $95 million hospice fraud plot.
Dr. Stephen Dubin, 74 and owner of Dubin Medical Consultants Inc., has been charged with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and five counts of healthcare fraud. He could face up to 10 years in prison.
Dubin allegedly billed Medicare for medically unnecessary wound care treatments for hospice patients. Dubin is accused of receiving kickbacks for expensive wound graft treatments, which he allegedly used to fund a “lavish lifestyle” and purchased customized multi-million dollar yachts, according to court documents.
“Healthcare fraud is not a victimless crime,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah of the District of Nevada in a statement. “It steals vital resources from elderly and vulnerable citizens who truly need life-saving treatments. These defendants prioritized personal greed over patient care by weaponizing complex billing codes for advanced wound care products.”
Dubin and other co-conspirators allegedly falsified Medicare billing claims to appear as legitimate “rebate agreements,” according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice. The conspirators allegedly inflated wound graft treatment costs on billing claims, then kept the “rebate” reimbursement as personal profit.
The case is part of fraud crackdown efforts by the West Coast Health Care Strike Force, which collaborates with state and federal law enforcement. The task force is “aggressively dismantling predatory schemes that target public healthcare programs,” Chattah said.
The Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division launched in the West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force in the spring of 2026. The initiative unites the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the District of Arizona, District of Nevada and Northern District of California. Also included are the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the FBI.
OneCare Hospice LLC’s Medicare License Revoked
Las Vegas-based OneCare Hospice LLC’s Medicare license has been revoked due to allegations of fraud, waste and abuse.
The hospice provider has been banned from Medicare reenrollment for a 10-year period in decision upheld by an administrative law judge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Prior to the revocation, OneCare Hospice LLC provided home-based adult and pediatric hospice and palliative care services in southern and northern Nevada.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) alleged that the privately owned company had been affiliated with PHHC of Nevada LLC through a shared medical director, Dr. Charles McSwain. McSwain was formerly the adult medical director at OneCare Hospice LLC. The affiliation of OneCare Hospice LLC and PHHC of Nevada through the shared medical director posed an “undue risk” of fraud, waste or abuse, the HHS said in a statement.
As a new hospice provider, PHHC of Nevada was subject to review during a provisional period of enhanced oversight imposed in the state. The provider allegedly submitted false billing claims for patients who did not meet hospice eligibility criteria, according to CMS.
Nevada is among the fraud hotspots under enhanced oversight due to increasing program integrity issues, joined by Arizona, California, Texas, Georgia and Ohio.
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