HOSPICE OWNER ENCOURAGED HURRYING ALONG PATIENTS' DEMISE

The owner of a Dallas-area hospice ordered nurses to increase drug dosages for patients to speed their deaths and maximize profits, according to an FBI affidavit. The Bureau claims that Brad Harris ordered higher dosages for at least four patients at Novus Health Services in Frisco, Texas. It alleges Harris sent text messages to workers such as, “You need to make this patient go bye-bye.” On another occasion, Harris told administrators during a lunch meeting that he wanted to “find patients who would die within 24 hours.” Federal reimbursements for hospice care can diminish the longer a patient receives care. Harris, 34, is an accountant who founded Novus in 2012, according to state records.
* I guess “Novus Health Services” sounded better than “Would You Please Die Already?”
* “Welcome to our facility, Mr. Jones. Oh – you can leave your hat and coat on.”
* Mama died so this guy could have a bigger boat?
* Wow, and I thought Hillary’s emails were incriminating.
* How cold was he? He charged patients for their rooms by the hour.
* And once you hit 20 minutes, it counted as a whole hour.
* If anyone goes bye-bye it’ll be the owner of this hospice going to prison.
* This is why I worry about the death with dignity act. You go to see Gramps and they say, “Oh, he asked us to kill him this morning.”
* “He didn’t tell you? Yeah, he woke up today and he decided he just couldn’t stand it anymore. Here’s the paperwork right here.”
* At least he can deny the lunch meeting but putting it in a text message? That’s not just dumb. That’s Los Angeles Lakers dumb.