The University of Miami agreed to pay $22 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in fraudulent billing practices, ordering medically unnecessary laboratory tests,

A federal appeals court revived a whistleblower lawsuit against a medical device maker based on a “fraud-on-the-FDA” theory of liability within the False Claims Act (FCA). In reversing a district

An urgent care group in South Carolina agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle False Claims Act (FCA) allegations concerning credentialing issues. The case is a cautionary tale for healthcare

A False Claims Act lawsuit brought by an emergency medicine physician was allowed to proceed based on evidence submitted by the physician demonstrating his own involvement in an alleged billing

The Fifth Circuit found there was not enough evidence linking a NASA engineer’s mesothelioma death to asbestos products supplied by two insulation companies. In affirming a lower court’s decision, the

Just as a company CEO can overrule a midlevel manager, federal law has the authority to supersede or preempt state law when the two conflict. The issue of preemption was

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to weigh in on whether objectively verifiable facts are necessary to establish a fraudulent claim under the False Claims Act (FCA). In rejecting two petitions

A decision regarding which competing causation standard must apply to medical malpractice cases with multiple tortfeasors has been answered by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC). In February 2021, the

The guidelines insurance companies use to evaluate coverage and claims for mental health care and substance use treatments have come under fresh, intense scrutiny in a 5-year class-action lawsuit involving