November 08, 2016
A False Claims Act suit accusing a pharmaceutical company of overbilling Medicare for dialysis drugs should have never been heard because the employee who filed the suit lacked standing, the Eleventh Circuit found Monday, remanding the case to a lower court for dismissal.
October 30, 2015
Fresenius squelched a whistleblower's False Claims Act suit alleging the company was fraudulently charging Medicare for drugs it got for free when a Georgia federal judge ruled Friday there wasn't evidence showing the company knew it shouldn't bill for the free extras.
April 03, 2015
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. on Friday asked a Georgia federal judge to wipe out a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging fraudulent billing of Medicare for excess drugs, arguing that a whistleblower's case rests on facts disclosed earlier in numerous forums.
March 20, 2014
The plaintiff in a False Claims Act suit alleging Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. improperly billed Medicare for millions of dollars in excess drugs called for sanctions against the company, saying on Thursday it had unnecessarily delayed the discovery process.
January 07, 2013
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. on Monday asked a Georgia federal court to dismiss most of a False Claims Act suit brought by a former employee who accused the dialysis provider of improperly billing Medicare for millions of dollars in excess drugs it received free from drugmakers, called "overfill."
December 05, 2012
A former Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. technician asked a Georgia federal judge Tuesday for partial judgment in his qui tam False Claims Act suit, saying the company had wrongly claimed that Medicare does not prohibit billing for excess drugs given freely by a drugmaker.