A recent case out of the Northern District of Illinois Federal Court, US ex rel. Oughatiyan v. IPC the Hospitalist Company, Inc., demonstrates the high risk inherent in evaluation and management (E&M) coding for health care providers.... Continue Reading →Tags: 9(b), E&M, evaluation and management, False Claims Act, FCA, hospitalist, Illinois, IPC, Northern District of Illinois, Oughatiyan, Seventh Circuit
On April 7, 2004, the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a whistleblower’s complaint against Catholic Health Alliance and other Defendants. The Court never even needed to consider the allegations behind the whistleblower’s lawsuit. The case against Catholic Health Alliance was dismissed because the whistleblower was not... Continue Reading →Tags: dismissed, False Claims Act, FCA, fraud with particulariy, Gross, Northern District of Illinois, original source, public disclosure, Rule 9(b), Seventh Circuit, subject matter jurisdiction