Angela Ruckh v. Salus Rehabilitation, LLC, et al
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August 27, 2020
Full 11th Circ. Won't Review Restoration Of $255M FCA Verdict
The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday declined a request for rehearing en banc from a nursing home manager attempting to undo the appellate court's restoration of a $255 million False Claims Act jury verdict in a Medicare billing suit.
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July 17, 2020
11th Circ. Turned FCA Into 'Mercenary Tool,' Nursing Co. Says
A nursing home manager attempting to undo a $348 million False Claims Act jury verdict in a Medicare billing suit told the Eleventh Circuit that the appellate court's decision to reinstate the award turned the FCA into a "mercenary tool for quasi-criminal enforcement of secret investors' agendas."
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July 01, 2020
Gov't Contracts Cases Of 2020: Midyear Report
Courts have handed down a number of important rulings for federal contractors so far in 2020, including a decision significantly altering country-of-origin determinations and several developments related to the materiality standard for False Claims Act cases.
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June 25, 2020
11th Circ. Partially Reinstates Whistleblower's $348M FCA Win
The Eleventh Circuit restored much of a $348 million False Claims Act jury verdict against a nursing home manager previously overturned by a district court judge, saying Thursday that a whistleblower had adequately shown the materiality of the company's Medicare overbilling.
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January 01, 2019
Health Care Cases To Watch In 2019
The health care industry in 2019 will watch with bated breath as a guillotine hangs over the Affordable Care Act, historic litigation involving the opioid crisis heads to trial and the murky meaning of a landmark False Claims Act decision becomes clearer. Here, Law360 gets attorneys up to speed on must-watch cases in the year ahead.
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December 14, 2018
The Biggest Health Care Cases Of 2018
Health care providers, insurers and consumers cheered and jeered remarkable rulings this year in cases involving the Affordable Care Act, the False Claims Act and huge sums of Medicare Advantage reimbursement. Here, Law360 recaps the year's biggest litigation developments.
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September 12, 2018
$350M FCA Win Rightly Axed Under Escobar, 11th Circ. Told
A nursing facilities company slapped with a $350 million False Claims Act verdict told the Eleventh Circuit that a Florida federal judge correctly vacated the award, saying the case lacked material evidence of billing fraud under the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Escobar ruling.
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August 31, 2018
Health Care Cases To Watch In 2018's Home Stretch
Momentous developments in litigation involving Medicare Advantage, the Affordable Care Act and the False Claims Act are likely in the closing months of 2018. Here, Law360 runs through key health care cases to watch.
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July 23, 2018
DOJ Says Judge Botched Escobar By Axing $350M FCA Win
The U.S. Department of Justice is assailing a Florida federal judge's elimination of a $350 million False Claims Act verdict against a nursing chain, telling the Eleventh Circuit that the move reflected a "serious misunderstanding" of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Escobar decision.
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July 17, 2018
Whistleblower Asks 11th Circ. To Revive $350M FCA Award
A former nursing home company employee has urged the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a lower court decision tossing a $350 million False Claims Act verdict — among the biggest in FCA history — saying the judge wrongly concluded that the improper Medicare and Medicaid claims were immaterial.