On July 22, 2016, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of the owner of more than 30 Miami-area skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, a hospital administrator, and a physician’s assistant in connection...more
On December 1, 2016, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced the indictment of 21 executives, physicians, surgeons, and others affiliated with Forest Park Medical Center (FPMC) in...more
On November 22, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued two False Claims Act (FCA) opinions in the continuing debate over the parameters of the FCA. In United States ex. rel. Escobar et al. v....more
On April 19, 2016, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a hotly anticipated False Claims Act (FCA) case: Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar. The Court will decide whether the...more
On October 19, 2015, the Department of Justice (DOJ), through the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, announced that Millennium Health (formerly Millennium Laboratories) had agreed to resolve...more
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On June 5, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released another study in its continuing scrutiny of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and therapy services: Skilled Nursing...more