Hospice Initial Certification News Today

Massachusetts Superior Court Says Woman’s Medical Malpractice Claims Can Proceed A Massachusetts superior court has ruled that a woman can bring claims for medical malpractice and unfair consumer practices against a hospice company for overmedicating her with narcotics and falsely certifying that she was hospice eligible. Plaintiff Patricia Marble and her husband filed the action against defendant Amedisys, a national provider of hospice services, after becoming suspicious that Marble had liv...