Judge Rules On Report And Recommendation In FCA Nursing Home Staffing Dispute

( October 9, 2024, 10:45 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge adopted in part a special master’s report and recommendation in a relator’s qui tam suit against Kindred Healthcare Inc. and its subsidiaries, alleging that they misrepresented their compliance with staffing requirements to receive larger reimbursements from Medicare and Medicaid, overruling the relator’s objections to the recommendation that discovery be limited to medical records related to providing services regarding activities of daily living....