01/31/2026
This week, I spoke with FOX News regarding recent reports of criminal activity exploiting hospice services, patients, and families in Los Angeles–based hospices.
During the interview, I centered the discussion on what matters most, beneficiary harm. This remains CHAPCA’s North Star.
These cases are not simply about fraud or misuse of funds. They are about real harm to vulnerable seniors and patients, including inappropriate hospice enrollment, lack of meaningful care, and compromised dignity at the end of life.
I continue to emphasized that:
• Hospice fraud is fundamentally a patient safety and quality-of-care issue.
• Weak oversight allows scammers to exploit beneficiaries who cannot protect themselves.
• Legitimate hospice providers and the patients they serve are harmed when policy responses are broad, reactive, or misdirected.
• Regulatory and enforcement actions must be targeted, balanced, and focused on preventing beneficiary harm while preserving access to appropriate, high-quality hospice care.
CHAPCA supports the efforts of Administrator Oz and California Department of Public Health to strengthen oversight, protect beneficiaries, and hold scammers accountable, while ensuring patients continue to have access to high-quality, ethical hospice care.
The purpose of this conversation was to elevate public understanding that protecting beneficiaries, must guide hospice oversight and policy decisions.
Sheila Clark CHAPCA
President and CEO, CHAPCA
Fox News senior national correspondent William La Jeunesse reports on alleged hospice care fraud in Los Angeles, Calif., on 'America's Newsroom.'
