Judge Gives Relator Share Of Proceeds Of Government’s Recovery From Auditors

(March 18, 2020, 7:45 AM EDT) -- LAS VEGAS — A federal judge in Nevada ruled March 4 that a relator in a lawsuit brought under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA) can have 29 percent, or slightly more than $1 million, from proceeds the government obtained following an audit performed on health care facilities accused of fraudulently billing Medicare, finding that the proceeds were an alternate remedy that she could have pursued as part of her lawsuit (United States, ex rel. Cecilia Guardiola v. Renown Health, et al., No. 12-cv-00295, D. Nev., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37815)....