Supreme Court Extends the FCA Statute of Limitations for Whistleblowers

Posted on April 7, 2020 in FCA, Statute of Limitations

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This week, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the government’s 10-year deadline to file FCA actions could be extended to whistleblowers. The Court’s decision in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. et al. v. United States ex rel. Hunt resolved a circuit split that had dogged the courts, whistleblowers and defendants for decades. Health... Continue Reading →

Tags: Cochise, False Claims Act, FCA, statute of limitations

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A Twenty Year Statute of Limitations?

Posted on March 15, 2012 in Statutes and Regulations

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Last month the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published proposed rules for reporting of overpayments. These proposed rules, if adopted and strictly interpreted, could effectively create a twenty-year statute of limitations under the False Claims Act.... Continue Reading →

Tags: 60 day, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CFR, CMS, CMS–6037–P, Code of Federal Regulations, False Claims Act, FCA, identification, overpayment, proposed rule, regulation, sixty day, statute of limitations, ten years

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