October 01, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday once again steered clear of a circuit split over how precisely False Claims Act suits must allege bogus billing, leaving intact an Eleventh Circuit decision that refused to assume fraud occurred based on suspicious record-keeping.
September 28, 2018
Health care companies will be keeping an eagle eye on potential blockbuster cases after the U.S. Supreme Court's new term gets underway Monday, including fights over patient privacy, Medicare reimbursement, False Claims Act liability and abortion rights. Here, Law360 summarizes five important battles to watch.
August 29, 2018
A whistleblower social worker accused a Florida-based hospice chain of downplaying a circuit split on required specificity in False Claims Act suits and urged the U.S. Supreme Court to create a “uniform pleading standard applicable throughout the country.”
August 13, 2018
A Florida-based hospice chain Monday pressed the U.S. Supreme Court to avoid wading into a long-simmering dispute over how precisely False Claims Act suits must be pled, asserting that a circuit split on the issue has mostly evaporated.