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May 29, 2020   
Health Law Weekly

Fifth Circuit Tosses Whistleblower Action Against Hospitals for Allegedly Upcoding Medicare Claims

  • May 29, 2020

The Fifth Circuit affirmed May 28 the dismissal of a False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam action allegedly a network of inpatient acute care hospitals submitted $61.8 million in fraudulent Medicare claims that were upcoded to maximize reimbursement.

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