Dismissal Denied In FCA Suit Against Nursing Homes With Claims ‘Adequately Pled’

Mealey's ( April 3, 2023, 1:44 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge on March 31 denied nursing home defendants’ dismissal motion in the U.S. government’s suit against them asserting common-law claims of payment by mistake and unjust enrichment and a False Claims Act (FCA) claim related to alleged “grossly substandard nursing home services to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries,” finding that the allegations for common-law claims “are adequately pled” and the FCA claim rises “to the level of gross-negligence necessary to deem [the nursing homes’] services worthless.”...