Judge Trims False Claims Act Allegations Against Nursing Home Owners

(February 24, 2021, 2:34 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Feb. 5 granted in part a motion to dismiss filed by Kindred Healthcare Inc. and a number of its subsidiaries, finding that a relator in a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit failed to sufficiently allege that they misrepresented their compliance with staffing requirements to receive larger reimbursements from Medicare and Medicaid and that they inappropriately used government funding received from the insurers....