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  1. February 02, 2015

    Community Health Pays $75M To End Whistleblower FCA Suit

    A unit of Community Health Systems Inc. and three New Mexico hospitals will pay $75 million to end a long-running and contentious False Claims Act suit over whether the company tricked the government into matching donations it made, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday.

  2. May 16, 2014

    Judge Rethinks Whistleblower Claims In FCA Suit Against CHS

    A federal court judge in New Mexico will reconsider summary judgment on some claims brought by a whistleblower in a contentious nine-year False Claims Act suit alleging Medicaid fraud against hospital chain Community Health Systems Inc.

  3. September 24, 2013

    DOJ Must Pay Skadden Legal Fees In Hospital Fraud Case

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP on Monday won the official green light from a New Mexico federal judge to receive some $425,000 in legal fees from the federal government after the U.S. Department of Justice was hit with sanctions in a Medicare fraud suit against a hospital chain the firm is representing.

  4. August 12, 2013

    Skadden Gets Initial Nod On Fees In Hospital Fraud Case

    The government should pay Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP some $425,000 in legal fees in light of the sanctions the U.S. Department of Justice has incurred in a whistleblower suit accusing a hospital chain Skadden is representing of Medicare fraud, a New Mexico magistrate judge recommended Friday.

  5. October 04, 2012

    US Sanctioned Over Lost Docs In CHS Medicare Fraud Suit

    A New Mexico federal judge on Wednesday upheld a magistrate judge's recommendation that the government be sanctioned for failing to safeguard documents that may have aided hospital chain Community Health Systems Inc. in defending itself against a whistleblower's claims of Medicaid fraud.

  6. September 04, 2012

    US Sanctioned For Trashing CHS Medicaid Fraud Docs

    A New Mexico magistrate judge on Friday sanctioned the federal government for destroying evidence that may have helped hospital chain Community Health Systems Inc. defend itself against a whistleblower's claims of Medicaid fraud.

  7. December 13, 2011

    McKool Smith Ousted From CHS Whistleblower Suit

    A New Mexico federal judge on Monday disqualified McKool Smith PC from a whistleblower suit accusing Community Health Systems Inc. of Medicaid fraud, saying the firm had a conflict of interest because some of its attorneys had represented CHS in a previous dispute.

  8. May 10, 2011

    Whistleblower Told To Provide Docs In CHS Fraud Suit

    A New Mexico federal judge on Tuesday ordered a whistleblower to hand over information he had collected on hospitals affiliated with Community Health Systems Inc., a Tennessee-based hospital chain accused of engaging in Medicaid fraud.