We visited an LA building with 89 registered hospices. Here's what we found.

A news team visited a Van Nuys building housing 89 registered hospices, discovering what advocates describe as "clustering" — a pattern that regulators and fraud experts view as a warning sign of potential hospice fraud. Hospice clustering occurs when multiple hospice agencies operate from a single location, often indicating that operators are gaming the system to profit from government Medicare and Medicaid payments without delivering genuine end-of-life care. The concentration of agencies in one building raises questions about oversight failures, since each hospice is supposed to serve distinct patient populations with dedicated staff and resources. Hospice fraud has become increasingly common in recent years, with operators sometimes enrolling ineligible patients or providing minimal care while billing the government. The investigation underscores gaps in federal regulatory monitoring that allows suspicious business arrangements to operate openly.