The law is specific that the certificate of terminal illness must be signed by two physicians.
The initial certificate of terminal illness to move Terri Schiavo to the Woodside Hospice did not comply with either federal and state law and seems to indicate that her five-year long stay was done unlawfully and would constitute both Medicare and Medicaid fraud if the Woodside Hospice, operated by Hospice of Suncoast Florida under the direction of CEO Mary Labyak has been the recipient of state and federal funds without the proper certification.
There is no hospital insurance paying the costs and with Greer granting Schiavo’s request for Medicaid, it appears a significant case of fraud may exist.
Felos failed to disclose his position as chairman of the Hospice board to the court, then resigning in 2001 amid public pressure and scrutiny after he and Schiavo had surreptitiously moved Terri to the facility without court authorization in April, 2000, reportedly as a result of arrangements made by Felos. By moving her to a facility where Felos was chairman of the board, all of Terri’s caregivers were presumably under the total control of Felos and his client
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