Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
Supreme Court Won't Review These Hospice, HH Cases
Published on Fri Oct 21, 2022
Dismissed whistleblower cases against a hospice and home health agency will not get a hearing in the nation’s highest court. On Oct. 17, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear arguments in Johnson, Jolie, et al v. Bethany Hospice and U.S., ex rel. Owsley v. Fazzi Associates Inc. et al., and one other non-home care-related case, Moline Healthcare of IL, et al. v. Prose, Thomas. At issue in all three cases was specificity required to prove false claims. The Bethany Hospice and Fazzi cases were dismissed because whistleblowers did not provide enough particulars about the supposedly false claims the hospice and Fazzi client, Care Connection of Cincinnati, submitted, legal analysts note.
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