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Hospice Insights Podcast - Still Number One: Healthcare Fraud Remains Central in DOJ’s White Collar Enforcement Plan

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On May 12, 2025, the Head of the Criminal Division for the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memorandum outlining its enforcement priorities. In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske and Jonathan Porter break down...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Supreme Court Declines to Review Issue of “Objective Falsity” Under False Claims Act

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Supreme Court Declines to Review Issue of “Objective Falsity” Under False Claims Act - On February 22, 2021, the United States Supreme Court denied petitions for certiorari in a case that could have addressed the issue of...more

Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan

Mere Differences of Judicial Opinion Emerge to Muddle Healthcare Providers False Claims Act Exposure for Mere Differences of...

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In the Care Alternatives False Claims Act (FCA) appeal, a panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on March 4 reversed the summary judgment granted to hospice provider Care Alternatives at the district court,...more

Holland & Knight LLP

AseraCare Announces Settlement of Landmark False Claims Act Case for $1 Million

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After litigation spanning more than a decade, hospice provider AseraCare announced its $1 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in a closely-watched False Claims Act (FCA) case in the U.S. District...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Health Care Continues to Drive False Claims Act Recoveries: Thought Leaders in Health Law Video Series

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$3 billion recovered under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). That’s what the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) reported collecting in FY2019. The health care and life sciences industries accounted for $2.6 billion of the total...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Eleventh Circuit Says Difference Of Opinion Does Not Establish Falsity In False Claims Act Case

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On September 9, in a setback for AseraCare but an overall win for hospice providers, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a Northern District of Alabama decision to grant a new trial in a False Claims Act (FCA) case against...more

Carlton Fields

US v. AseraCare: Eleventh Circuit Holds That Contradictory Clinical Judgments Alone Cannot Trigger FCA Liability

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In a long-awaited decision, the Eleventh Circuit concurred with the lower court’s standard for determining falsity under the False Claims Act (FCA) — reasonable disagreement between medical experts alone is not enough to...more

Hogan Lovells

Eleventh Circuit Confirms: Mere Difference of Opinion Between Physicians Does Not Establish Falsity Under the False Claims Act

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More than two years after the Northern District of Alabama granted summary judgment in a False Claims Act (FCA) case in favor of AseraCare Inc., holding that “contradiction based on clinical judgment or opinion alone cannot...more

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Hospice news update

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Hospice audits - In late 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded its targeted probe and educate (TPE) audit program to include hospices....more

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