January 08, 2021
Whistleblowers told the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday that a prominent circuit split over whether the False Claims Act requires objectively bogus billing is actually "irrelevant," and a hospice chain is engaging in "scaremongering" to convince the high court otherwise.
October 27, 2020
A major circuit split has suddenly emerged on the very definition of fraud under the False Claims Act, and companies are facing "far-reaching consequences" under relatively broad readings of the law, prominent business lobbies have told the U.S. Supreme Court in a closely watched case.
April 16, 2020
Hospice provider Care Alternatives Inc. is seeking an en banc rehearing of a Third Circuit decision nixing a lower court's ruling that an "objective falsehood" is required to proceed with a False Claims Act case, arguing the Third Circuit ruling creates "unworkable" standards for physicians and hospice providers.
March 04, 2020
The Third Circuit ruled Wednesday that a district court erred when it granted summary judgment in favor of a hospice provider accused of bilking Medicare, nixing the lower court's requirement for the plaintiffs to show an "objective falsehood" to proceed with their False Claims Act case.