January 24, 2018
The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday shot down a Florida social worker's bid to revive her False Claims Act accusations against a nonprofit hospice provider, ruling a lower court was right to dismiss the $320 million whistleblower suit because her claims lacked specific details about the alleged fraud.
October 25, 2016
A whistleblower's inability to meet the False Claims Act's pleading standard, leading to her case against a hospice care provider being dismissed, doesn't make her suit "frivolous, vexatious, or harassing," a Florida federal judge said Tuesday in refusing the provider's bid for attorneys' fees.
October 21, 2016
A Florida federal judge on Friday clarified that the dismissal of a whistleblower's $320 million False Claims Act suit against a hospice care provider does not affect the government's ability to file its own lawsuit over the alleged wrongdoing.
October 19, 2016
The U.S. government asked a Florida federal court Tuesday to clarify that the dismissal of a whistleblower's $320 million False Claims Act suit against a hospice care provider does not affect the government's ability to file its own lawsuit over the alleged conduct.
October 07, 2016
A hospice care provider on Thursday asked a Florida federal court for attorneys' fees after the court last month dismissed a social worker's False Claims Act suit accusing the provider of defrauding Medicare out of at least $320 million, calling the suit "clearly frivolous."
September 26, 2016
A Florida federal judge has tossed a suit accusing a hospice care provider and referring medical providers of defrauding Medicare of at least $320 million, finding a whistleblower's claims were not specific enough and failed to amount to violations of the False Claims Act.