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11th Circuit: Difference in Opinion Not Enough for FCA Liability

By | October 14, 2019

The 11th Circuit’s long-awaited AseraCare opinion requires more than mere disagreement regarding clinical judgment to prove falsity under the False Claims Act. The 11th Circuit rejected the government’s theory of falsity in its long-running False Claims Act (FCA) case against long-term care provider AseraCare Inc. The 11th Circuit affirmed the lower court’s ruling that mere clinical disagreement was… Read More »