Legal Opinion
US, ex rel. Escobar v. Universal Health Services, Inc
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 17, 2015No. 14-1423PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
The genesis of this False Claims Act case was the care of Relators’ daughter at Arbour Counseling Services in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Relators alleged that their daughter — who died of a seizure in 2009 — was treated by various unlicensed and unsupervised staff, in violation of state regulations. The crux of their complaint is that Arbour’s alleged noncompliance with sundry supervision and licensure requirements rendered its reimbursement claims submitted to the state Medicaid agency actionably false under both the federal and Massachusetts False Claims Acts.
The district…
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- United States Ex Rel. Hutcheson v. Blackstone Medical, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2011
- United States v. Science Applications International Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2010
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. EscobarSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
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- D'Agostino v. EV3, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2016
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