A whistleblower can continue to allege that California skilled nursing facilities and their owners violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing Medicare and Medicaid for medical treatment, a federal district court said.
Integra Med Analytics LLC’s suit, filed in 2021, isn’t barred by the FCA’s first-to-file rule despite the defendants’ argument that it has similarities to another suit filed in 2014, and settled in 2022, Judge John F. Walter of the US District Court for the Central District of California ruled, denying a motion to dismiss.
Integra Med alleges that Vicki Rollins and William Nelson, owners and operators of ...
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