June 22, 2016
A Texas federal judge has thrown out the majority of a whistleblower's False Claims Act suit against Vista Hospice Care Inc., concluding the whistleblower failed to provide any evidence of a scheme to bring in Medicare beneficiaries before they were eligible for hospice care and leaving only retaliation claims.
April 28, 2016
A False Claims Act whistleblower alleging Vista Hospice Care Inc. enticed fake referrals to boost enrollment in its program urged a Texas federal court Thursday to let two whistleblowers from another suit testify, saying their financial stake in the current case's outcome was legitimate.
March 14, 2016
Vista Hospice Care Inc. has asked a Texas federal court to throw out expert testimony that allegedly was tainted and used faulty statistical sampling, and to dismiss the whistleblower’s False Claims Act and kickbacks suit due to lack of evidence.
February 12, 2016
A hospice care provider has asked a Texas federal court to order a whistleblower to release an alleged agreement to share any money awarded in the case with two witnesses, saying the deal would be relevant to the dispute and should be shared amid the discovery phase of the False Claims Act dispute.
August 04, 2014
A Texas federal judge dismissed with prejudice most of the claims brought by former Vista Hospice Care Inc. employee Misty Wall over an alleged Medicaid fraud scheme, ruling Monday that the companies that now own VistaCare's equity cannot be made successors in liability.
March 10, 2011
A Texas federal judge Wednesday dismissed most of a False Claims Act suit filed by a woman who said she was fired by Vista Hospice Care Inc. for refusing to cooperate with a Medicaid fraud scheme.