February 08, 2021
A whistleblower whose complaint against now-defunct hospital chain Health Management Associates Inc. helped the federal government secure more than $260 million to settle fraud charges will receive less than one-twelfth of his $12 million attorney fees request but may get more for himself, a Florida federal judge ruled Monday.
January 07, 2020
Health Management Associates Inc. and a whistleblower, whose complaint against the now-defunct hospital chain helped the government secure more than $260 million to settle fraud charges, were ordered Tuesday by a D.C. federal judge to mediate their dispute over an undisclosed amount in attorney fees.
December 20, 2013
The U.S. government intervened Thursday in a False Claims Act suit in Florida district court, in which a Punta Gorda, Fla., hospital's former CEO is alleging that a kickback scheme with local doctors has cost federal health care programs between $100 million and $150 million.