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A New Jersey hospice provider must continue its long fight against whistleblowers alleging it violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by seeking Medicare reimbursement for patients whose...
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[author: Regina DeSantis] The False Claims Act (“FCA”) is a Federal statute originally enacted in 1863 as a response to fraud from defense contractors during the American Civil War. Under the FCA (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 – 3733), it is a crime for any person to knowingly submit false or fraudulent claims for payment to the United States government. Those who violate the FCA are liable for treble damages plus a per-claim monetary penalty (calculated to align with inflation). Private citizens can file whistleblower suits on behalf of the government (“ qui tam”) against those who have ...
On February 22, 2021, the United States Supreme Court declined to resolve a circuit split regarding the proper standard under which False Claims Act (“FCA”) claims in the medical...
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Supreme Court denied a closely watched petition to review the Third Circuit's decision in United States ex rel. Druding v. Care Alternatives, a False Claims Act (FCA) case that created a circuit split around whether and when a medical opinion can be "false." [1] On the heels of this denial, health care providers should take stock of how the Third Circuit's decision lowers the bar for the government and qui tam relators to survive summary judgment in cases involving clinical decision-making. District Court Proceedings[2] The re...