The CARES Act allocated $100 billion in relief funds to hospitals and other healthcare providers, to be distributed by the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) through the Public Health and Social Services...more
In early August, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas granted a hospital system’s motion to dismiss a False Claims Act case that illustrates the increasing intersections in FCA litigation between data...more
9/13/2019
/ Analytics ,
Big Data ,
Billing ,
Coding ,
Dismissals ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Relators
At a July 12, 2016 hearing entitled “Examining the Stark Law: Current Issues and Opportunities,” members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee expressed openness to potentially significant amendments to the Stark Law aimed at...more
On July 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a jury verdict of more than $237 million against Tuomey Healthcare System, a nonprofit hospital in South Carolina, based on Stark Law and False Claims Act...more
7/23/2015
/ Advice-of-Counsel Defense ,
Appeals ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Hospitals ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Medicare ,
Patient Referrals ,
Relators ,
Stark Law ,
Tuomey ,
Whistleblowers