Government, AseraCare Resolve False Claims Suit Over Terminal Illness Diagnoses

(February 27, 2020, 2:04 PM EST) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The federal government and AseraCare Inc. on Feb. 26 stipulated to dismiss a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit filed in Alabama federal court that accused the hospice facilities owner of submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare for treatment of elderly patients who were improperly diagnosed as terminally ill after the parties announced that they had reached a settlement (United States v. AseraCare Inc., et al., No. 12-cv-0245, N.D. Ala.)....