Supreme Court Decision on Huge False Claims Act Case

Thursday morning, the Supreme Court decided a False Claims Act suit that has enormous implications for Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

The allegations in Universal Health Services v. United States ex rel. Escobar are startling.  Yarushka Rivera, a young Medicaid beneficiary, died of an adverse reaction to medication that she’d received to treat her bipolar disorder. After her death, her parents discovered that Arbour Counseling Services, where she’d received treatment, was really dodgy.