April 01, 2015
Universal Health Services Inc. is accusing the First Circuit of improperly reviving a False Claims Act complaint by unilaterally identifying regulations that whistleblowers never discussed and then misconstruing those regulations to suggest Medicaid fraud may have occurred, newly filed documents show.
March 17, 2015
The First Circuit on Tuesday revived a qui tam suit alleging Universal Health Services Inc. improperly billed the government for mental health services provided by unsupervised and unqualified staff, ruling state regulations explicitly required clinic directors to ensure proper supervision.
August 27, 2014
Massachusetts on Monday asked the First Circuit to revive a qui tam suit alleging Universal Health Services Inc. improperly billed the government for mental health services provided by unlicensed practitioners, saying a lower court was overly rigid in interpreting conditions for determining False Claims Act liability.