United States Supreme Court Passes on Review of FCA Dismissal from Fifth Circuit Involving Alleged Medicare Overbilling
By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20
On December 7, 2020, the United States Supreme Court declined review of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s affirmation to dismiss a $61.8 million False Claims Act case alleging Medicare overbilling against a Texas hospital system. The lawsuit, initially brought by relator Integra Med Analytics (Integra) against Baylor Scott & White Health (Baylor), alleged that Baylor engaged in a scheme to overbill Medicare by fraudulently increasing the use of certain “secondary” diagnosis...
By: King & Spalding