Legal Opinion
United States v. Acacia Mental Health Clinic, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 1, 2016No. 14-2804PublishedCited by 183 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Relator and plaintiff Rose Presser filed a qui tam action under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. (“FCA”), and its Wisconsin analog, the Wisconsin False Claims Act, Wis. Stat. § 20.931 et seq. (“WFCA”),1 on behalf of the United States and the State of Wisconsin against defendants Acacia Mental Health Clinic, LLC (“Acacia”) and Abe Freund, the principal owner of Acacia. Ms. Presser alleges that Acacia and Mr. Freund engaged in “upcod-ing,” provided unnecessary medical procedures, and then charged the federal and state governments for those expenses. The…
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