Takeaway: The Eastern District of New York rules that the tax code gives relator’s counsel superpriority to False Claims settlement proceeds.
On Wednesday, November 9th, the Eastern District of New York ruled that fees owed to relator’s counsel must be paid before the relator’s tax lien,
Takeaway: This recovery makes it very clear that the federal government and whistleblowers continue to aggressively pursue fraud allegations involving the Medicare Advantage Program. We can expect to see robust enforcement and sizable recoveries to continue.
On August 30, 2021, the United States Department of Justice announced a $90 million settlement with Sutter Health and certain of its affiliates (collectively Sutter Health) relating to allegations that Sutter Health had defrauded the federal government’s huge Medicare Advantage (Part C) Program.
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This is the second part of a two-part article.
In the first of this two-part series, we discussed the success of the United States’ federal False Claims Act (FCA),[1] the rise of international whistleblowers through a study of the Michael Epp case,
The United States has filed a False Claims Act case against Tennessee-based nursing home company, Vanguard Healthcare LLC, as well as Vanguard Healthcare Services LLC, and six of its nursing facilities. See United States vs. Vanguard, et al., case no. 3:16-cv-2380 (M.D.Tenn 2016). The lawsuit alleges that the defendants were responsible for the submission of false claims to Medicare and TennCare (Tennessee’s Medicaid program) for skilled nursing home services that were either non-existent or grossly substandard.
If you are aware of any person, corporation or entity that you think may be violating the Federal False Claims Act or a State False Claims Act, contact us today.