Defendants punch back after portion of $347.9M verdict reinstated in FCA case
By
Liza Berger
Sep 01, 2020
In the latest twist on a False Claims Act (FCA) case involving a whistleblower, the defendants argued that the whistleblower’s lawsuit funding deal provides grounds for dismissal of the suit altogether.
Taking a hard line
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 12, 2024
Healthcare providers were forced to pay nearly $2 billion to resolve federal False Claims Act allegations last year, a historic amount that serves as one of several fresh indicators that federal investigations...
Federal court dismisses whistleblower lawsuit over Omnicare, PharMerica withholding generic drugs
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 18, 2014
A federal court in New York has tossed a whistleblower lawsuit charging that large long-term care pharmacies violated the False Claims Act by failing to dispense requested generic drugs.
HCR ‘vindicated’ as Justice drops whistleblower lawsuit
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 06, 2017
After a string of settlements and defeats in False Claims Act lawsuits filed against various long-term care providers, one of the biggest found reason to celebrate.
Kindred hospice wins against whistleblower in False Claims case
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Jun 23, 2016
A Kindred Healthcare hospice affiliate won big this week in a False Claims Act case brought by a former employee.
Sampling can convict: judge
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2014
In an unprecedented ruling, a federal judge has declared that officials may use just a statistical sampling of Medicare claims to help prove nursing home company overbilling charges.
HCR ManorCare said Tuesday it will “vigorously defend” itself in three separate “whistleblower” lawsuits that allege it submitted false claims to Medicare and Tricare.
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Apr 13, 2020
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Government whistleblower lawsuit: PharMerica improperly dispensed, billed for narcotics
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 13, 2013
Long-term care pharmacy company PharMerica dispensed controlled narcotics without valid prescriptions and billed Medicare for the drugs, the federal government has charged in a False Claims Act lawsuit.
A major hospice provider is praising an appeals court decision that agreed a clinical judgment cannot be deemed as fraud under the False Claims Act based on a difference of physician opinions.