Ruckh v. CMC II, LLC et al

  1. December 01, 2016

    Florida Nursing Homes Must Face $300M FCA Suit

    The operators of 53 skilled nursing facilities in Florida were denied sought-after pretrial victories over a whistleblower's $300 million suit accusing them of overbilling Medicare and Medicaid, as a federal judge on Thursday found that they fell short of showing the record presents no genuine issue of material fact.

  2. April 25, 2016

    Nursing Homes Rebuked For Late Docs In $300M FCA Row

    A Florida federal judge slammed a group of nursing homes for late-produced additional documents in a suit alleging they overbilled Medicare and Medicaid by $300 million, saying that even if not willful, their efforts were "too little too late" to avoid sanctions.

  3. April 06, 2016

    Nursing Homes Say $300M FCA Relator Has Found Nothing

    Five nursing companies accused of overbilling Medicare and Medicaid to the tune of $300 million have told a Florida federal judge that the would-be whistleblower hasn't shown anything that would sustain her False Claims Act suit.

  4. March 03, 2016

    Nursing Homes Fight To Keep Evidence In $300M FCA Suit

    Five nursing companies have blasted a whistleblower's bid to exclude troves of evidence in a $300 million False Claims Act suit claiming the facilities overbilled for Medicare and Medicaid, saying that though the documents were produced late, the whistleblower has had plenty of time to review them.

  5. April 30, 2015

    Whistleblowers Get New Ammo On FCA Extrapolation

    A Florida federal judge has endorsed a whistleblower's use of extrapolation in False Claims Act litigation against nursing homes to prove potentially vast liability based on a small billing sample, the latest setback for defense counsel seeking to curtail the tactic.