The Sixth Circuit expanded the existing circuit split regarding when a kickback causes a federal health care claim to be false or fraudulent under the False Claims Act (FCA) and set out a new analysis for what constitutes...more
In recent years, federal courts have been grappling with the scienter element of the False Claims Act (FCA), including how to assess scienter when a statutory, contractual, or regulatory obligation could be interpreted in...more
The Eighth Circuit released an opinion Tuesday in U.S. ex rel. Cairns v. D.S. Medical LLC that creates a new circuit split on the interpretation of the causation standard for establishing that a claim “resulting from” a...more