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Ailabouni v. Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center, et al

  1. June 26, 2018

    Hospital Says It Doesn't Belong In FCA Resident Billing Row

    Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center asked an Illinois federal judge on Tuesday to rethink his order keeping it in a False Claims Act suit alleging the hospital and a surgeon group improperly billed Medicare for surgeries that didn't involve residents, saying the billing happens independently and it hasn't broken any laws over the alleged issue.

  2. April 23, 2018

    Advocate Hospital, Physician Must Face FCA Claims

    Advocate Medical Group and one of its doctors were released from a False Claims Act whistleblower suit in Illinois federal court Monday, but an Advocate hospital and some staff members still must face the bulk of the claims related to their alleged practice of charging the government for operations performed by assistants.

  3. December 08, 2016

    Hospital Allegedly Using Sour Grapes Excuse To Ax FCA Suit

    An Illinois teaching hospital is painting an ex-resident as disgruntled to escape his False Claims Act allegations that it let surgeons bill Medicare and Medicaid for surgeries performed with assistant surgeons and physician assistants even when qualified residents could help, the whistleblower argued Tuesday.

  4. August 11, 2016

    Hospital Lied About Resident Availability, Says FCA Suit

    An Advocate Health Care teaching hospital allowed surgeons to bill Medicare and Medicaid for surgeries performed with assistant surgeons and physician assistants when qualified residents were available to help, in violation of the False Claims Act, according to a whistleblower suit in Illinois federal court.