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United States of America et al v. Pacific Health Corporation et al
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August 02, 2019
$11M Atty Fees OK'd For $562M FCA Win Against LA Hospital
A California federal judge has greenlit $11.3 million in fees for attorneys representing a whistleblower in a False Claims Act suit that accused a Los Angeles hospital of improperly locking homeless patients in a psychiatric ward to rack up millions of dollars in Medicaid bills.
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December 08, 2016
FCA Suit Witness 'Disobeyed' Subpoena, Whistleblower Says
A relator suing an ambulance transport company and a Los Angeles hospital told a California federal court on Wednesday that a former executive from the hospital's now-shuttered corporate parent should be penalized for missing a deposition.
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February 25, 2015
Bankrupt Ambulance Co. Seeks Stay of Medicare FCA Suit
A bankrupt ambulance company on Tuesday urged a California federal judge to pause a whistleblower suit alleging it took kickbacks to participate in a scheme to rip off taxpayers by illegally confining psychiatric patients and charging Medicare and Medicaid.
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May 21, 2014
Pacific Health Seeks Toss Of Psych Care FCA Suit
A Pacific Health Corp.-owned hospital on Wednesday urged a California federal judge to toss a former nurse's False Claims Act suit alleging the hospital ripped off taxpayers by illegally confining some psychiatric patients and then charging Medicare and Medicaid, saying public disclosure of the allegations barred the suit.
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April 30, 2014
Ex-Nurse Fights Dismissal Bid In Pacific Health FCA Suit
A former registered nurse who is accusing a Pacific Health Corp.-owned hospital of Medicare and Medicaid fraud through a psychiatric hold scheme hit back against the defendants' bid to toss the suit on Tuesday, saying the complaint isn't blocked by the public disclosure bar.
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April 23, 2014
Whistleblower Looks To DQ Firm From Medicare Fraud Suit
The relator behind a lawsuit accusing a Pacific Health Corp.-owned hospital of Medicare and Medicaid fraud in violation of the False Claims Act on Tuesday requested that a California federal judge remove one of the facility's lawyers from the case because he had represented her in a previous lawsuit.
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February 21, 2014
LA Hospital Accused Of Medicare Psych Care Fraud
A former Pacific Health Corp.-owned hospital falsely billed Medicare and Medicaid for millions of dollars in unnecessary and unlawful involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations, in part by paying kickbacks to other providers to provide patients, according to a whistleblower suit unsealed Thursday in California federal court.