Lynn Ianni didn’t learn she was apparently dying in a Los Angeles County hospice care facility until her Medicare claim for a pickleball injury was rejected.
“At first we laughed because it was an obvious clerical error,” the Seattle-based psychotherapist recalled before a congressional committee Tuesday, where she was providing testimony about her months-long experience in 2024 with fraud in the hospice industry. “It wasn’t just frustrating, it was terrifying.”
Ianni appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill at a hearing that revealed details about fake claims and stolen doctors’ identities. She was a victim of California hospice scammers. Her situation, like many others, occurred despite promises of reforms from lawmakers five years ago, when widespread corruption in California came to light…