Legal Opinion
United States v. AseraCare Inc.
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided March 31, 2016No. CIVIL ACTION NO: 2:12-CV-245-KOBPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KARON OWEN BOWDRE, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
“Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction the sign of truth.”
Blaise Pascal
This case has always been about whether AseraCare knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare by certifying patients as eligible for hospice who did not have a prognosis of “a life expectancy of 6 months or less if the terminal illness runs its normal course.” See 42 C.F.R. § 418.22(b)(1) (emphasis added). The Government claims that the medical records of the 123 patients at issue in this case do not contain “clinical…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- John D. Chapman v. Ai TransportCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
- Kirk S. Corsello v. Lincare, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
- Carlos Urquilla-Diaz v. Kaplan UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2015
- United States Ex Rel. Purcell v. MWI Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2015
- United States Ex Rel. Parato v. Unadilla Health Care Center, Inc.District Court, M.D. Georgia · 2011
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States v. Aseracare, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2019
- United States v. Richard PaulusCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018
- United States Ex Rel. Groat v. Boston Heart Diagnostics Corp.District Court, District of Columbia · 2017
- United States v. AdamsDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2019
- United States ex rel. Dildine v. PandyaDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2019
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