November 14, 2023
A physical therapist tasked with auditing her employer's billing and recordkeeping practices was fired over clashes with her supervisors and co-workers, unapproved absences and refusing to provide specifics about her allegations of fraud, not in retaliation for whistleblowing, a Boston federal judge has concluded in a long-delayed ruling.
June 26, 2018
A Massachusetts federal judge questioned at the close of a bench retrial Tuesday whether a group of nursing homes could have recognized that a physical therapist tasked with auditing the company attempted to voice concerns about potential False Claims Act violations before she was fired.
May 07, 2018
A federal judge fumed on the first day of a False Claims Act-retaliation bench trial Monday when two attorneys displayed "evidentiary incontinence" and asked "pointless" questions while he considered whether their client was wrongfully fired for raising red flags about overbilling at Massachusetts nursing homes.
July 25, 2017
A federal judge in Massachusetts has declared a mistrial after a jury was unable to come to a decision in a False Claims Act retaliation case.
July 17, 2017
A physical therapist at a nursing home therapy provider asked a federal jury Monday in Boston to award her damages for allegedly being fired for blowing the whistle on fraudulent billing practices.