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United States of America et al v. Sutter Health et al
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August 31, 2021
Calif. Health Giant Sutter To Pay $60M To End FCA Claims
Sutter Health has agreed to pay $60 million to put to rest a False Claims Act suit alleging that the California-based health services provider billed for unsupported diagnoses of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries, according to a settlement announced Monday.
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January 22, 2021
Raucous 2021 Awaits FCA Litigants After Low-Key Year
False Claims Act recoveries were modest overall in 2020, but the relatively calm year seeded the clouds for a stormy 2021 by generating tremendous government spending on pandemic relief, a record number of new cases and a potentially game-changing decision in a closely watched area of Medicare fraud litigation.
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August 28, 2019
Whistleblower Says Hospital Group Can't Nix FCA Suit
A whistleblower suing hospital giant Sutter Health for allegedly getting rampant overpayments from Medicare Advantage urged a California federal judge to turn down the chain's efforts to snuff out her suit based on the U.S. government getting directly involved in the case.
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June 17, 2019
DOJ Addicted To Failed FCA Theory, Hospital Chain Says
The U.S. Department of Justice is clinging to a discredited False Claims Act theory that improperly imposes stricter billing standards in privately run Medicare Advantage than traditional government-run Medicare, California hospital chain Sutter Health said Friday.
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December 11, 2018
DOJ Joins Medicare Advantage FCA Suit Against Sutter Health
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday announced it has joined a False Claims Act suit accusing California-based Sutter Health, one of the nation's largest health care systems, of defrauding Medicare Advantage by exaggerating patient illnesses.