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The United States and Tennessee Resolve False Claims Act Claims Relating to “P-Stim” Devices
A physician and two chiropractors agreed to pay the United States and Tennessee a total of $1.72 million to resolve liability under the False Claims Act…
Texas Heart Hospital and Subsidiary Management Company to Pay $48 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Related to Alleged Kickbacks
Huge qui tam settlement where the qui tam plaintiffs will recover $13.9 million. The underlying action involves allegations that the Heart Hospital violated the Stark Law…
Health care company owner to pay $1 million to settle False Claims Act case
The former owner of Providence Home Health and Providence Hospice has agreed to pay $1.05 million to settle claims she knowingly and willfully paid improper kickbacks…
Now is Not the Time to Relax: Record Settlements in Stark Law and False Claims Cases
Summary of article from Lathrop GPM, by Jesse A. Berg: In May 2024, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) settled a False Claims Act case…
Let’s Make a Deal with DOJ: The Impact of the DOJ’s New Whistleblower Reward Program on Corporate Compliance
Summary of article from Husch Blackwell, by Christina Moore, Madison Rector: The DOJ announced a new whistleblower rewards program aimed at incentivizing reports of corporate or…
The Growing Causal Divide: But-For Causation in AKS/FCA Actions
From McGuireWoods, by Renee Kumon, Timothy Fry and Brett Barnett: The District of Massachusetts Court recently joined the Sixth and Eighth Circuits in requiring the government…
Federal Judge Rules Government Must Demonstrate “But-For” Causation for Anti-Kickback Statute Claims
From ArentFox Schiff LLP, by D. Jacques Smith , Randall A. Brater , Michael F. Dearington , Nadia Patel , Heather M. Zimmer: Chief Judge Dennis…
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Clarify Key Provisions of the False Claims and Anti-kickback Statutes
From Stevens & Lee, by Charles Honart: The Supreme Court declined to resolve a circuit court split on the issue of causation, to wit, when a…
Healthcare Organizations and Practitioners Receive New Protection Against Frivolous Whistleblower Lawsuits
Jose Vela, Jr., for Clark Hill: Last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) handed down an important ruling that will give healthcare organizations and practitioners relief…
Supreme Court’s False Claims Case Alleges Overbilling of Medicare and Medicaid
Violations of the False Claims Act require a requisite state of “knowledge” a claim’s falsity. To violate the statute, one must have “actual knowledge,” “deliberate ignorance”…