Justin C. Linder Quoted in March 6, 2018 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Article Concerning an 11th Circuit Appeal of a False Claims Action

In the March 6, 2018 edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Justin C. Linder discusses the potentially far-ranging implications on False Claims actions against hospices and other healthcare providers of the DOJ’s appeal of the District Court’s holding in U.S. ex rel. Paradies v. AseraCare, Inc., currently pending before the 11th Circuit.

 “This is going to be a pivotal case,” said Justin Linder, a New Jersey  attorney who concentrates on hospice and home health care and the federal False Claims Act.

If the court upholds the district judge’s ruling, “then you have some very far-ranging ramifications, not only to hospices but to any health care providers whose health care reimbursement is conditioned on providing medically necessary services,” he said.

More fraud cases will likely proceed to trial, rather than settle out of court, he said.

“It could also wipe out a number of cases that already have been filed,” said Linder, with the firm of Dughi, Hewit & Domalewski, who represents the health care industry in cases involving the False Claims Act.

Read the complete article:  Pending court ruling could be pivotal in health care fraud cases