1 Hospice Doctor. 1 Year. $71.7 Million Worth of Medicare Claims

‘We're coming after you': Dr Oz revokes Medicare access for LA doctor tied to $71M hospice billing

As allegations of widespread hospice fraud in Los Angeles County continue to intensify, one physician has faced scrutiny after being tied to Medicare claims for thousands of patients across dozens of hospices.Dr. Rajiv Bhuva has been linked to Medicare claims for nearly 2,800 patients across 126 California hospices in 2024, according to CBS News, which cited the last full year of available data. Bhuva is connected to more hospices than any other…

DEATH FOR DOLLARS: One Doctor Linked to 126 Hospices, 2,800 ‘Terminal’ Patients, $71 MILLION Haul

With near $72 million in Medicare reimbursements in 2024 alone. The doctor is Rajiv Bhuva. In 2024, he was the doctor of record for 2,791 hospice patients. No doctor in California was responsible for more. He must be very good. In fact, in 2024, only two percent of his patients died. The average lifespan of a patient on hospice is 92 days. Based on those assumptions, we would expect at least 700 patients to die over the course of a year (Vitas).…

1 Hospice Doctor. 1 Year. $71.7 Million Worth of Medicare Claims