June 16, 2023
A federal judge in California has rejected an argument that health care giant Kaiser Permanente should be held liable for allegedly ripping off an Affordable Care Act program through a "complicated" theory involving misissued tax credits, as that's not something the False Claims Act is supposed to deal with.
January 19, 2022
Kaiser Permanente asked a California federal judge Tuesday to throw out at least three of the six qui tam suits alleging that it used fake diagnoses to defraud Medicare Advantage of $1 billion in treatment reimbursements, arguing it can only be made to face one qui tam action for each alleged fraud.
October 26, 2021
Kaiser Permanente defrauded Medicare out of about $1 billion by pressuring physicians to bolster patients' medical records with bogus diagnoses, the U.S. Department of Justice alleged in California federal court Monday, throwing its weight behind a half-dozen False Claims Act suits brought by whistleblowers over the past decade.
July 30, 2021
The federal government said on Friday that it has officially joined in on a half-dozen lawsuits claiming various Kaiser Permanente entities defrauded Medicare Advantage by exaggerating patient illnesses.