SAN DIMAS, CALIFORNIA — The FBI arrested Gladwin Gill, a doctor, and Amelou Gill, a psychologist, at their home in San Dimas, California, on Thursday, April 2, 2026, accusing the couple of fraudulently billing Medicare for $7.45 million through their company, 626 Hospice, which does business as St. Francis Palliative Care. An FBI SWAT team conducted a raid in the residential neighborhood, announcing over a loudspeaker that they had an arrest warrant, according to the FBI.

The hospice reported a survival rate of more than 97% after five years, according to the FBI. State auditors have identified a high survival rate at a hospice provider as one of the red flags for fraud.

Officials announced 15 defendants in the case, with more than half accused of hospice fraud. A federal judge signed the arrest warrants. Dr. Mehmet Oz, who oversees the federal Medicare system, was present at the site of the arrests.

Over 700 of the approximately 1,800 hospices in Los Angeles County triggered multiple red flags for fraud as defined by a 2022 state audit. That audit defined fraud warning signs including low patient counts, excessive billing, staff shared across multiple companies, and patients classified as terminally ill who were later discharged alive.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General reported in 2023 that suspected hospice fraud totaled an estimated $198.1 million nationwide. California officials said that hospice fraud is a problem across the country and that California law enforcement agents have investigated hospice fraud and conducted enforcement actions over the past several years.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said his office has brought criminal fraud cases against more than 100 defendants in the hospice industry and has filed about two dozen civil cases. "We need to be responsive to the red flags and react to them, not just count them," Bonta said. Multiple agencies are working on a task force to target hospice fraud in California, according to Bonta.

In March 2026, House Republicans announced that Congress launched an investigation into hospice fraud, alleging that tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds may have been lost in improper payments to Southern California companies. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee wrote to Governor Gavin Newsom requesting documents related to the state's oversight and internal controls to detect and prevent fraud in its federally funded hospice programs.

A moratorium on issuing new hospice licenses in California was extended through January 2027 because the state missed its deadline to enact new emergency regulations for hospices. Public health officials said they are balancing public feedback to vet new hospice license applicants and hold hospices accountable.