January 04, 2024
A Methodist healthcare system and its subsidiary hospitals in Tennessee have settled claims brought by two whistleblowers over allegations it was accepting kickbacks, bringing an end to a messy battle where the hospital system sought sanctions on the DOJ and the DOJ accused the hospital system's attorneys of lacking courtesy.
May 22, 2023
The federal government said a Tennessee-based hospital system shouldn't be able to dodge allegations against it in a False Claims Act suit over alleged kickbacks, saying the accusations in the case are well-backed.
May 11, 2023
A federal magistrate judge has sanctioned government lawyers after finding the U.S. Department of Justice didn't adequately comply with court orders to produce documents in a False Claims Act case against a Tennessee-based hospital system.
September 06, 2022
U.S. Department of Justice attorneys are aggressively contesting a hospital system's discovery demands in a $350 million False Claims Act case by publicizing email correspondence in which defense counsel at Bass Berry & Sims PLC balked at flexibility for a DOJ lawyer who abruptly learned that a close family member was near death.