U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
USA v. LHC Group, Inc.
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Stephanie Dawkins Davis
- Filed
- April 14, 2025
- Case
- USA v. LHC Group, Inc.
- Case status
- Decided
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0202n.06 Case No. 24-5393 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Apr 14, 2025 ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel. VIB PARTNERS; LEANN MARSHALL, ) ) Relators-Appellants, ) ON APPEAL FROM THE ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT v. ) COURT FOR THE EASTERN ) DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE LHC GROUP, INC., ) Defendant-Appellee. ) OPINION Before:MURPHY, DAVIS, and BLOOMEKATZ, Circuit Judges. DAVIS, Circuit Judge. Relators VIB Partners and Leann Marshall appeal the dismissal of their qui tam lawsuit against Defendant LHC Group, Inc. (“LHC Group”), a home healthcare provider, for alleged violations of the False Claims Act (“FCA”). Relators’ complaint alleges that LHC Group submitted false patient data to exaggerate patient needs, thereby inflating Medicare reimbursement rates. The district court dismissed the suit without prejudice, citing the FCA’s first-to-file bar. The parties accordingly primarily focused their appellate arguments on whether a prior lawsuit, which alleged the same fraudulent scheme, bars this one. But we need not reach that issue because Relators fail to plead their allegations with the particularity…
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