Federal Judge Hands Down Prison Sentences in Hospice Fraud Case

The U.S. Justice Department has sentenced two individuals linked to California hospices on alleged False Claims Act violations, among other charges. Gayk Akhsharumov, manager and owner of San Gabriel Hospice & Palliative Care and Broadway Hospice, received a sentence of one year and one day in prison and was ordered to pay close to $9.2 […]

Post-PHE Hospice Regulation: Understanding PPP, PRF Reporting Rules

Hospices have mounting concerns around the potential regulatory impacts that could come with the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) on May 11. Among the regulatory hotspots is rising scrutiny of how providers used funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Provider Relief Funds (PRF). Roughly $175 billion in PRF funds were […]

Investigators, Prosecutors Take on Hospice Fraud in California, Arizona

Two hospice fraud cases are moving forward in California and Arizona, states that some stakeholders consider to be potential hotbeds of malfeasance in the space. Karen Sarkisyan, a.k.a. Kevin Sarkisyan, of San Gabriel Hospice & Palliative Care, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government for his involvement in submitting false enrollment […]