United States of America et al v. Life Care Centers of America, Inc., et. al.

  1. October 24, 2016

    Nursing Home Chain Inks Record $145M FCA Deal With DOJ

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday said nursing home giant Life Care Centers of America will pay $145 million to end False Claims Act litigation that alleged it billed Medicare for excess treatment, a record FCA settlement for the nursing industry.

  2. February 18, 2015

    Judge Won't Force Gov't Discovery In Life Care FCA Suit

    A Tennessee federal court denied nursing home company Life Care Centers of America Inc.'s request that the government be ordered to produce documents in a False Claims Act suit against the company, finding the request both redundant and inconsistent with previous rulings.

  3. January 02, 2015

    Health Care Cases To Watch In 2015

    An eye-popping assortment of highly consequential lawsuits affecting health care companies will play out in 2015, shaping the future of Affordable Care Act coverage, False Claims Act litigation, Medicare reimbursement and provider consolidation.

  4. November 24, 2014

    Judge Balks At 6th Circ. Review Of FCA Extrapolation

    A Tennessee federal judge on Monday refused to recommend Sixth Circuit review of whether the U.S. Department of Justice can extrapolate from a sample of billing claims to establish vast False Claims Act liability, calling nursing home giant Life Care Centers of America Inc.'s request for such a review premature and unlikely to shorten litigation.

  5. October 27, 2014

    DOJ Fights Bid For 6th Circ. Review Of FCA Extrapolation

    U.S. government attorneys said Friday that decades of precedent establishing the use of statistical sampling in litigation should preclude the Sixth Circuit from reviewing a district court decision allowing the method in False Claims Act liability cases.

  6. October 14, 2014

    6th Circ. Must Weigh FCA Extrapolation, Life Care Says

    Nursing home giant Life Care Centers of America Inc. wants the Sixth Circuit to review a district court decision letting government lawyers extrapolate from a sample of billing statements to establish potentially enormous False Claims Act liability, saying "critically important questions of law" must be resolved in the whistleblower case.

  7. September 29, 2014

    Judge Backs FCA Extrapolation In Nursing Home Fraud Suit

    Government attorneys can extrapolate from a small sample of billing statements to try to hold nursing home operator Life Care Centers of America Inc. liable under the False Claims Act for a vast amount of alleged Medicare fraud, a Tennessee federal judge ruled Monday in a closely watched whistleblower case.

  8. December 03, 2012

    US Says Nursing Home Co. Scammed Medicare, Tricare

    The federal government claims nursing home operator Life Care Centers of America Inc. defrauded government health care programs by billing for uncovered, unskilled and medically unnecessary services, intervening in two former employees' whistleblower suits that were unsealed on Friday by a Tennessee federal judge.