Compliance News Roundup: Prime Healthcare FCA Case

1. The United States Intervenes In False Claims Act Lawsuit - The U.S. Department of Justice intervened in a lawsuit against Prime Healthcare Services, Inc., the company’s founder and CEO, Dr. Prem Reddy, and 14 Prime hospitals in California:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-intervenes-false-claims-act-lawsuit-against-prime-healthcare-services-inc-and

2. DOJ Intervenes In Prime Healthcare - The federal government has stated that their investigation of Prime Healthcare hospitals has “yielded sufficient evidence” that the facilities in question “submitted or caused the submission of claims to Medicare for unnecessary inpatient stays": http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/may/25/doj-intervenes-in-prime-healthcare-whistleblower/ 

3. Deeper Than The Headlines: An In Depth Look At The False Claims Act Filed Against Prime Healthcare - A False Claims Act qui tam (i.e., whistleblower) suit was filed by Karin Berntsen, who (at the time of filing) was employed as the Director of Case Management at Alvarado Hospital, one of many Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. hospitals named in the suit. Read it here >>