July 15, 2014
Halifax Hospital Medical Center and the U.S. Department of Justice have tentatively agreed to settle the remainder of a massive Medicare suit in Florida federal court accusing the hospital of falsely billing innumerable claims, according to court documents unsealed Friday.
July 01, 2014
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday refused to toss claims against Halifax Hospital Medical Center on the grounds they are time-barred, in a lawsuit accusing it of falsely billing innumerable claims to Medicare, saying the hospital could not credibly assert that it wasn't sufficiently notified of claims predating 2007.
May 29, 2014
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday imposed sanctions against Halifax Hospital Medical Center for destroying evidence requested by an employee who brought a whistleblower suit that led to an $85 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over a portion of Medicare fraud claims.
April 07, 2014
The attorneys for a Halifax Hospital Medical Center employee who brought a whistleblower suit that led to an $85 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over Medicare fraud claims on Saturday requested $7.3 million in attorneys' fees and expenses for litigating the case.
March 03, 2014
Halifax Hospital Medical Center reached an $85 million tentative settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice for a portion of a whistleblower suit over the Florida-based hospital's alleged Medicare fraud, an attorney in the case confirmed Monday.
February 07, 2014
A Florida federal judge on Thursday rejected a bid by Halifax Hospital Medical Center to dismiss a suit accusing the hospital of admitting Medicare patients for needless overnight stays, saying it failed to prove an employee whistleblower lacked standing to pursue the claims.
January 31, 2014
The U.S. government on Friday blasted Halifax Hospital Medical Center's attacks on a relator's standing in a suit accusing the hospital of admitting Medicare patients for needless overnight stays, calling the assertion a "tortured interpretation" of U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence.
January 09, 2014
A Florida federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Halifax Hospital Medical Center did not violate the False Claims Act's Anti-Kickback Statute by paying bonuses to referring physicians, but he said it still must face claims that it admitted Medicare patients for needless overnight stays.
December 11, 2013
A Florida magistrate judge's report on Wednesday recommended denying sanctions against Halifax Hospital Medical Center for destroying patient records in a suit alleging it paid kickbacks and admitted Medicare patients for needless overnight stays, saying a whistleblower didn't show the evidence was crucial to her case.
November 26, 2013
A Florida federal judge declined to rule that Halifax Hospital Medical Center's bonus arrangement with certain oncologists violated the False Claims Act's Anti-Kickback Statute, saying Tuesday that a qui tam relator has not overcome the hospital's argument that the payments are subject to the so-called bona fide employment exception.