Sean C. Griffin, Author at False Claims Act Blog

About Sean C. Griffin

Washington, D.C.

Entries by Sean C. Griffin

22 11 '19

District Court Determines That CMS Requirements That Have Not Been Established Through Rulemaking Cannot Be Enforced in a False Claims Act Case

November 22, 2019/in Allina, Enforcement, FCA Liability/by Sean C. Griffin

In a landmark decision that could have significance for any False Claims Act case in the Medicare context, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently held that Medicare reimbursement criteria must […]

07 09 '18

District Court Vacates 2014 Medicare Advantage Overpayment Rule and Curtails Potential Avenues for DOJ to Pursue False Claims Act Damages

September 7, 2018/in Knowledge/Scienter, Medicare Advantage, Overpayments, Summary Judgment/by Sean C. Griffin

On September 7, 2018, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia vacated CMS’s 2014 Final Overpayment Rule,[1] applicable to the Medicare Advantage program, granting summary judgment to […]

28 03 '12

D. Minn. upholds qui tam complaint against ICD manufacturer Guidant

March 28, 2012/in Common-law Claims, Complaints, Intervention, MN-D, Public Disclosure, Rule 9(b)/by Sean C. Griffin

Posted by Sean Griffin and Kristin Graham Koehler On March 14, 2012, Judge Donovan W. Frank of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota upheld a relator’s complaint against […]