10th Circuit Affirms Hospital’s Summary Judgment In Suit Over Billing

(February 20, 2020, 9:35 AM EST) -- DENVER — A 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Feb. 7 upheld a hospital’s summary judgment award in a False Claims Act (FCA) suit accusing it of submitting fraudulent information regarding patients’ arrival times and its compliance with the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA), holding that the plaintiff was unable to show that the alleged misrepresentations affected the government’s decision to pay the claims (United States, ex rel. Stacey L. Janssen v. Lawrence Memorial Hospital, No. 19-3011, 10th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 3809)....