A Southern California nurse has been indicted for hospice fraud worth millions of dollars in Fresno and Kern counties.

A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment charging Jessa Zayas, 34, with healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft for submitting millions of dollars of fraudulent claims for hospice care to Medicare.

The big picture: Zayas was the CEO and owner of Healing Hands Hospice and Humane Love Hospice, which are based in Van Nuys. • Zayas had the hospice organizations fraudulently bill Medicare for hospice care supposedly provided to over 100 people who were not actually terminally ill. • In total, Zayas caused at least $2.5 million in fraudulent billings to Medicare. • Zayas and others obtained personal Medicare information from the supposed hospice patien

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