On August 26, 2026, the Department of Justice announced a $541.5 million settlement with a Florida-based provider group serving beneficiaries in the retirement community to resolve allegations that the group […]
On July 23, 2026, the Department of Justice announced that clinical lab Magnolia Diagnostics and its owners agreed to pay $19.2 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False […]
The Administration has taken another significant step in its effort to increase pressure on state Medicaid Fraud Control Units (“MFCUs”). On July 2, 2026, the United States Attorney’s Office for […]
Last week, the White House and CMS announced a set of new administrative actions to further the Administration’s anti-fraud mission, including in particular CMS’s CRUSH (Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious […]
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently vacated a $28.7 million verdict in a declined FCA qui tam because the district court improperly relied on the relators’ post-trial expert declarations […]
Last year, we reported on a rare district court decision from Minnesota finding application of the FCA’s civil penalties unconstitutionally excessive. Last week, a judge in the Northern District of […]
Massachusetts recently signed into law House Bill 5159, which includes a strict new rule for investors in Massachusetts health care companies, requiring them to timely disclose FCA violations of their […]
Judge Patti Saris in the District of Massachusetts recently granted a defense motion for summary judgment after concluding that relator failed to show that defendants knowingly submitted medically unnecessary tests […]
On Thursday, a Minnesota district court judge more than halved a $490 million False Claims Act jury verdict against an ophthalmology distributor and its founder for Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) violations, […]
A recent False Claims Act settlement between the Department of Justice, a New Jersey hospital, and the hospital’s investors also included a novel Federal Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) settlement […]