On December 12, 2018, Aurora Health Care (Aurora), a Wisconsin-based healthcare system, entered into a settlement agreement with the United States and the State of Wisconsin to pay $12 million to resolve allegations that...more
On July 3, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a ruling dismissing Advocate Christ Medical Center (ACMC) from a False Claims Act suit brought by a former resident against ACMC and a...more
Courts are continuing to grapple with whether relators can use statistical sampling to prove liability in False Claims Act (FCA) cases. As demonstrated by two recent cases, courts remain skeptical that relators can meet...more
On January 12, 2017, the HHS OIG issued its final rule amending regulations relating to its authority under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to exclude individuals and entities from participation in federal healthcare programs....more