Overview
- State records list 89 hospice companies at the Merabi Professional Medical Plaza, and a CBS analysis found 72 of them show at least three state-identified warning signs for potential fraud.
- Federal inspection records show regulators visited multiple suites in the building from 2021 to 2025 and cited nearly 400 violations across roughly 75 companies.
- Inspection reports described troubling care gaps, including patients who appeared not to receive visits, medication lists that did not match what patients said they took, and charting inconsistent with whether a patient had died.
- Building owner Kambiz Merabi says his tenant records show only 12 hospices currently operating there, that some agencies moved without updating public listings, and that he allowed Medicare inspectors access but does not police tenant practices.
- The plaza advertises virtual-office services even though hospices must maintain a physical office, fueling concerns about possible “ghost hospices,” while California’s attorney general and the CMS administrator say enforcement is accelerating and improper payments are being stopped.