6th Circuit Will Not Rehear Appeal In FCA Attorney Fees Case

Mealey's (March 22, 2022, 2:05 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — In a one-paragraph order on March 18, a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled that it will not rehear a consolidated appeal brought by relators in five related qui tam lawsuits alleging that for-profit hospital and outpatient care center operator Community Health Systems Inc. (CHS) and several of its hospitals engaged in a fraudulent billing scheme against federal health insurance providers in violation of the False Claims Act (FCA)....