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A Texas hospice owner is being investigated for allegedly ordering nurses to deliberately overdose patients in an attempt to hasten their death and maximize the company’s profits.
Brad Harris, 34, founded Novus Health Care Services, Inc. in 2012. Harris reportedly has no medical training.
The FBI launched an investigation into the business practices at Novus in Oct. 2014, NBC 5 reports. According to a search warrant and affidavit obtained by NBC 5, Novus was being investigated for allegedly overcharging the government for medical services and recruiting patients not qualified for hospice.
The investigation led to the discovery of disturbing claims from staff members. Multiple nurses claim that Harris ordered them to intentionally overdose hospice patients to hasten their deaths and increase profits.
According to documents, the FBI claims Harris ordered two company executives to find him “patients who would die within 24 hours.”
Harris is also accused of sending a nurse a text message that said, “You need to make this patient go bye-bye.”
While the FBI continues its investigation of Novus for health care fraud, false statements and obstruction, neither Harris nor anyone else employed at Novus has been charged with a crime.
Novus and the FBI declined to discuss the investigation with NBC 5.
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