Articles Posted in False Claims Act

Life Care Centers of America (“LCCA”), and its owner Forrest Preston, have agreed to pay $145 million to settle a government lawsuit alleging that LCCA violated the False Claims Act by knowingly causing their nursing homes to submit false claims for rehabilitation therapy services that were not reasonable or necessary.…

Lawsuits brought by so-called “whistleblowers” are also referred to as qui tam lawsuits.  The phrase “qui tam” is an abbreviation of a Latin phrase meaning “he who sues in this matter for the king as well as for himself.”  In a qui tam lawsuit, an individual, known as the relator,…