Relators Alleged Inside Information about Billing Practices, but Provided No Details of Improper Physician Payments, Claims to Medicare; United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Estate of Debbie Helmly, et al. v. Bethany Hospice and Palliative Care of Coastal Georgia LLC, et al.May 14, 2021
Magistrate Grants Motion for Leave to Amend over Defendants’ Futility Argument; United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division, No. 3:17-cv-00902, U.S. and Tennessee ex rel. Jeffrey Liebman and David Stern M.D. v. Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, et al.May 14, 2021
How to Know the Government Is Investigating You or Your Company in Connection with COVID Relief FundsMay 14, 2021
Former Executives at University Hospital System Report the University for Fraudulently Maximizing Payments It Received Under the Medicare Program, Leading to a $22 Million False Claims Act Settlement and a Payment of a Whistleblower RewardMay 14, 2021
Ninth Circuit Weighs In On Fraud-On-The-FDA Theory, Marketing Devices For Off-Label Use, And KickbacksMay 13, 2021
How the Truth Is False: Accurate Prescription Drug Event Data Can Trigger False Claims Act LiabilityMay 13, 2021
Court Not Impressed by “Wait and See” Approach to Amending Complaint When Relator Claims He Knew of Allegations All Along; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania No. 16-683, U.S., et al. ex rel. Timothy Sirls v. Kindred Healthcare Inc., et al.May 13, 2021
Opportunities for Cost Savings Not Evidence of Fraud; United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma No. 20-CV-00576-PRW, John D. Adams v. ATAC Services LLC and Science Applications International CorporationMay 13, 2021
Emerging False Claims Act Risk In Trade: Recent False Claims Act Developments Increase Trade Exposure (Part III)May 12, 2021
No Such Thing as a Free Massage: Relator Adequately Alleged Clinic Offered Free Services to Induce Medicare Beneficiary Appointments; United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Hammond Division, No. 2:18-cv-210, U.S. and Indiana ex rel. Dion Snider v. Centers for Pain Control Inc. and Chetan Puranik M.D.May 12, 2021
University of Miami to Pay $22 Million to Settle Claims Involving Medically Unnecessary Laboratory Tests and Fraudulent Billing PracticesMay 12, 2021
A Physician Blows the Whistle on Large Multi-State Hospital System Caught Violating the False Claims Act for a Second Time and Will Receive Whistleblower Reward—An Earlier Whistleblower Received Over $6 Million.May 12, 2021
DOL Is Putting Service Contract Act Fringe Benefit Plan Administrative Costs Under the MicroscopeMay 11, 2021