More than two years after the Northern District of Alabama granted summary judgment in a False Claims Act (FCA) case in favor of AseraCare Inc., holding that “contradiction based on clinical judgment or opinion alone cannot...more
9/11/2019
/ Bifurcation ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Billing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False-Certification of Conformance ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Hospice ,
Insurance Fraud ,
Life Sciences ,
Medicare ,
Physicians ,
Qui Tam ,
Remand ,
Terminal Illness Treatments ,
Vacated ,
Whistleblowers
Tuesday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the interlocutory appeal in United States ex rel. Michaels v. Agape Senior Community, Inc.. In an opinion considering two significant questions arising under the qui tam...more
2/16/2017
/ Appeals ,
Extrapolation ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Hospice ,
Medicare ,
Nursing Homes ,
Qui Tam ,
Settlement ,
Statistical Sampling ,
Veto Rights