1st Circ. Revives Universal Health FCA Suit Over Poor Staff

By Michael Lipkin · March 17, 2015, 9:36 PM EDT

The First Circuit on Tuesday revived a qui tam suit alleging Universal Health Services Inc. improperly billed the government for mental health services provided by unsupervised and unqualified staff, ruling state...

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Documents

Opinion

Case Information

Case Title

US, ex rel. Escobar, et al v. Universal Health Services, Inc

Case Number

Court

Appellate - 1st Circuit

Nature of Suit

3890 Other Statutory Actions

Date Filed

April 15, 2014

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