October 03, 2019
Hospital giant Community Health Systems Inc. can challenge the pursuit of attorney fees by whistleblowers in False Claims Act lawsuits alleging improper inpatient admissions, a Tennessee federal judge has ruled, citing murky settlement language.
April 28, 2015
Community Health Systems Inc. is trying to "evade" its responsibility to pay the attorneys' fees of six whistleblowers who worked with the U.S. government to negotiate a $98.15 million settlement in a False Claim Act suit, the attorneys said Tuesday in Tennessee federal court.