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Health Headlines: August 2025

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Welcome to the August issue of Health Headlines, a newsletter created by lawyers in our Healthcare practice....more

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Skilled nursing facility operator settles false claims case involving allegations that the company failed to report and return...

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On June 29, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with California skilled nursing facility operator Plum Healthcare Group LLC and facility Azalea Holdings LLC dba McKinley Park Care Center (Plum) to...more

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Waste, fraud, and abuse? For health insurers, fat profits matter more

What happens when a whistle blower provides detailed information about a burly Texan — with convictions for felony theft and felony injury of a child — and a burgeoning scam to rip off health insurers for $25 million? Pretty...more

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60-Day Overpayment FCA Enforcement Action Results in $2.95 Million Settlement

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On August 23, 2016, a New York hospital system settled False Claims Act (FCA) allegations that it violated the 60-day overpayment rule by improperly retaining Medicaid overpayments. The whistleblower alleged that three of the...more

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Federal Court Rejects Health System's Efforts to Dismiss 60-Day Rule Suit

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On August 3, 2015, the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York issued a long-awaited opinion and order rejecting a motion to dismiss filed by the defendants in U.S. ex rel. Kane v. Continuum Health...more

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Fasten Your Seat Belts: District Court Says “Failure to Act Quickly Enough” May Violate 60-Day Refund Rule

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A New York Federal District Court issued an Opinion and Order, on August 3, 2015, in a closely-watched False Claims Act (FCA) case, Kane v. Healthfirst, Inc. The Court refused to dismiss the whistleblower complaint in which...more

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Physicians as whistleblowers: Doctors get rich by exposing fraud

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As the federal and state governments have evolved from Uncle Sam to Doctor Sam, the potential for healthcare waste, fraud and abuse has also increased. One way the government has deterred healthcare fraud is by enacting and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

False Claims Act Whistleblower Bounties Exceed $345 Million in Fiscal Year 2013

The DOJ has released its Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2013 totals for civil settlements and judgments recovered under the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”). To say that the Department had a successful year in prosecuting fraud against...more

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