Defendants Misrepresented Roles In Medicare Revenue Fraud Scheme, Judge Rules

(August 25, 2016, 1:51 PM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — Lead plaintiffs in a securities class action lawsuit have shown that a home health services provider and certain of its current and former executive officers issued material misrepresentations concealing certain information regarding their participation in fraudulent Medicare practices in violation of federal securities law, a federal judge in Louisiana ruled Aug. 19 in granting in part and denying in part the defendants’ motion to dismiss (Robert F. Bach, et al. v. Amedisys Inc., et al., No. 10-0395, M.D. La.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111077)....