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As the administrator of this hospice, the five nurses that work for me would have immediately been fired and reported to the state nursing board. In their employee file, they would have a no-rehire marking. They failed to comply with rules and regulations and committed fraud so verbal warning would not be suitable in this case.
Had I discovered this fraud prior to the government audit, internally I would have made a call to my boss to fill he or she in on what was discovered. I then would have made phone calls to the “Federal Bureau of Investigations” and to the “Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General” letting them know of my findings and asking the best way to handle this situation.
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