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  1. July 16, 2018

    Whistleblower Attys Get $4M In Fees In Humana FCA Suit

    A Florida federal judge on Friday adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation to award a whistleblower more than $4 million in litigation expenses for a closely watched False Claims Act case that resulted in a $3 million settlement with Humana, a South Florida health care provider and its owner over alleged Medicare Part C fraud.

  2. February 28, 2017

    Humana Medicare Advantage FCA Suit Has Legs, Judge Says

    A Florida federal magistrate judge on Monday recommended keeping alive a closely watched False Claims Act suit accusing Humana Inc. of ignoring suspicious Medicare Advantage billing, concluding that a jury could find the whistleblower's allegations credible.

  3. September 21, 2016

    Fla. Judge Won't Sanction Quinn Emanuel In FCA Suit

    A Florida magistrate judge on Tuesday refused to sanction a whistleblower's counsel, including Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, for purportedly interfering with a deposition in her False Claims Act suit accusing a Miami-area medical clinic of running a Medicare overbilling scheme with Humana Inc.

  4. September 15, 2016

    Whistleblower Fights Sanctions Bid Against Quinn Emanuel

    A former employee of a Miami-area medical clinic chain alleging it ran a Medicare overbilling scheme with Humana Inc. on Wednesday urged a federal court to reject the company's push for sanctions against her counsel, including Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, saying the facts don't support such a demand.

  5. September 09, 2016

    Clinics Wants Quinn Emanuel Sanctioned In FCA Fight

    A chain of Miami-area medical clinics facing allegations of running a Medicare overbilling scheme with insurer Humana Inc. asked a Florida federal judge Thursday to sanction a whistleblower and her counsel, including attorneys at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, for allegedly spoiling a deposition.

  6. June 03, 2016

    Judge Denies Discovery Request In Humana FCA Row

    A Florida magistrate judge on Friday denied discovery requests made on Humana Inc. by a whistleblower bringing a False Claims Act suit over an alleged Medicare overbilling scheme, saying Humana has represented that the documents are privileged and won't be introduced as evidence, but has agreed to compile other data sets.

  7. May 13, 2016

    Humana Says Doctor Gunning For Too Much Info In FCA Row

    Humana Inc. and the operator of nine Florida medical facilities blasted a whistleblower's discovery requests in False Claims Act litigation over an alleged Medicare overbilling scheme, saying Thursday she wants some documents that she is not entitled to or do not exist.

  8. April 13, 2016

    Amended Humana FCA Suit Is Practically New Case, Court Told

    The operator of nine medical facilities in Florida has asked a federal court to ax a whistleblower’s latest allegations over an alleged scheme to submit fake Medicare bills through Humana Inc., saying the changes to her False Claims Act litigation essentially create an entirely new lawsuit.

  9. November 06, 2015

    Whistleblower Too Late On Humana FCA Claims, Court Told

    The operator of nine medical centers in Florida urged a federal court Thursday to toss a whistleblower's False Claims Act allegations that it submitted bogus Medicare bills through Humana Inc., saying her new claims exceed the statute of limitations and are based on public information rather than her own knowledge.

  10. April 28, 2015

    CORRECTED: Hospital's Discovery Objections In Humana FCA Suit Nixed

    A Florida federal judge on Monday rejected Plaza Medical Center Corp.’s contention that a magistrate judge's discovery ruling was overly broad, in a suit accusing the hospital and Humana Inc. of violating the False Claims Act by exaggerating patient illnesses. (Correction: An earlier version of the story misstated that Monday's order, which concerned a discovery dispute, affirmed the magistrate judge’s recommendation on a motion to dismiss. The error has been corrected.)

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