August 25, 2023
The Third Circuit on Friday revived a False Claims Act suit alleging billing of Medicare for hospice care without valid diagnoses of terminal illness, finding that a New Jersey federal judge ascribed too much importance to a single piece of the U.S. Supreme Court's Escobar ruling.
May 06, 2022
The government and a tax fraud advocacy group called on the Third Circuit on Friday to revive a False Claims Act suit alleging a hospice provider sought Medicare payments for ineligible patients, saying a federal judge's decision tossing the case runs counter to the U.S. Supreme Court's Escobar ruling.