The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has announced the launch of a new tool, which OIG has titled the “Fraud Risk Indicator.” A preliminary page for the Fraud Risk Indicator is available here on OIG’s website. OIG’s stated...more
A South Carolina jury found three individuals liable for violations of the Federal False Claims Act (FCA) in a qui tam whistleblower action in which DOJ intervened. The defendants, owners of a specialized laboratory company...more
District courts nationwide have been split on the issue of whether the two-part falsity test set forth in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in Universal Health Services v. Escobar must always be satisfied in federal False...more
This month, the United States District Court for the District of Utah dismissed a relator’s allegations that a cardiac surgeon and two hospitals based in Utah violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) by billing Medicare...more