United States ex rel Dr. Abraham Scheer v. Beebe Healthcare et al

  1. January 22, 2024

    Judge Tosses Fired Doctor's False-Claims Suit Over Airlifts

    A federal judge has rejected a neurologist's claims that his former hospital in Delaware defrauded the federal government by transferring stroke patients to Philadelphia-based Jefferson Healthcare System via helicopter, finding the suit didn't provide the billing details necessary to make such transfers a violation of Medicare regulations.

  2. July 18, 2023

    MD Alleges Hospitals Schemed To Airlift Stroke Patients

    A neurologist has accused Philadelphia-based Jefferson Healthcare System Inc. and Beebe Healthcare in Delaware of firing him in retaliation for reporting an alleged scheme where the two entities bilked Medicare and Medicaid by transferring stroke patients from one hospital to the other by air.