This is an accelerated appeal from the trial court’s denial of the University of Houston’s plea to the jurisdiction. The University argues that the trial court erred in denying the plea because appellee John Casey did not satisfy the jurisdictional prerequisites to suit under the Texas Whistleblower Act, TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN.

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§ 554.002 (West 2012). We conclud

This case concerns California’s generous program of home- and community-based care for developmentally disabled residents. To fund its program, California relies in large part on federal money provided under the Medicaid Act (“the Act”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396–1396w-5. California has reduced the funding for this program, as it has for other Medicaid-funded programs at va

Miami, FL - The owner and operator of Nestor’s Health Services, Inc. (Nestor HH), a now-defunct Miami home health care agency, pleaded guilty today in connection with a $6.5 million health care fraud scheme.

U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Acting Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division,

Miami, FL - An office worker pleaded guilty today in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving Anna Nursing Services Corp. (Anna Nursing), a defunct home health care company.

U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special Agent in Charge George L. Pi

Miami, FL - A former patient recruiter pleaded guilty today in Miami, Florida, for his role in a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme.

U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special Agent in Charge George Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office and Acting Spe

Two Florida men were sentenced today in the Middle District of Florida for their roles in a fraud scheme involving the submission of more than $10 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare for physical therapy.

Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida A. Lee Bentley III, A

Baptist Health System Inc. (Baptist Health), the parent company for a network of affiliated hospitals and medical providers in the Jacksonville, Florida, area, has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle allegations that its subsidiaries violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to federal health care programs for medically unnecessary services and drugs, the Department of Justice announced

BIRMINGHAM - Amedisys, Inc. and its affiliates (Amedisys) have agreed to pay $150 million to the federal government to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false home healthcare billings to the Medicare program, the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance announced today. Amedisys, a Louisiana-based for-profit company, is one of the nationâ�

After Congress passed the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996 ("PRWORA"), narrowing the eligibility of non-citizens for
Medicaid and other federal benefits, the state of Maine responded
in 1997 by extending state-funded medical assistance benefits to
certain legal aliens rendered ineligible for Medicaid. In 2011,
the Maine Legislature ter

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that the former director of a program that provided a home for disabled persons in Higginsville, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling more than $300,000 from the organization.

Terri Arlene Marr, 51, of Warrensburg, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Ju

HOUSTON, TX – Yolanda Nowlin, 42, has been ordered to federal prison for 11 years following her multiple convictions in relation to a large health care fraud conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal jury in Houston convicted Nowlin Sept. 4, 2013, following seven days of trial and less than three hours of deliberations.

At the sentencing hearing late ye

DALLAS, TX — Jerry C. Bullard, 57, of Mesquite, Texas, was sentenced this afternoon, by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay, to 33 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $317,779 in restitution, following his guilty plea in February 2012 to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Bullard worked in the durable medical equipment department of Medistat Group Associates, Inc.,

Muskogee, Oklahoma - The Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma, located in Durant, Oklahoma, and its parent, Health Management Associates, Inc., have agreed to pay $1,065,000 to the United States and $435,000.00 to the State of Oklahoma to resolve allegations that the hospital billed SoonerCare, the Oklahoma Medicaid Program, for surgical procedures performed by Dr. Daniel Castro, and related ho

Plaintiffs Albert and Regina Davidson are guardians of 70-year-old Marilyn Davidson (whom we refer to as "Marilyn"), who is in state care. They appeal from the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction in an action purported to be brought under the federal Medicaid Act and various implementing regulations. Davidson v. Howe, No. 1:13-cv-12634-WGY (D. Mass. Oct. 29, 2013). Plaintiffs sough

DALLAS, TEXAS — Two Grand Prairie, Texas, men, convicted at trial in October 2013 on conspiracy and health care fraud charges related to their operation of A Medical House Calls, a physician house-call company in North Texas, were sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.

Lawrence Dale

HOUSTON, TEXAS – Andrea Michelle Tellison, 47, has been convicted today of 14 counts of health care fraud and seven counts of aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury returned its verdicts this afternoon following three days of trial and less than two hours of jury deliberation.

Tellison, the director of operations, chief compliance offic

Columbia, South Carolina ----- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Truman Lewis, age 35, of Charlotte, and his brother Norman Lewis, age 32, of Georgetown, were sentenced today in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for participating in a Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering. United States District Judge Richard M. Gergel of Charleston sentenced

A Portland man was sentenced to 6 months in jail for stealing more than $8,000 in benefits intended for his disabled sister. Jason I. Boutros, 49, appeared in federal court for sentencing yesterday after previously pleading guilty to Social Security fraud in December.

According to court records and Boutros’ admissions in court, Boutros became his sister’s Representative Pa

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Thomas G. Walker and North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper announced jointly that Duke University Health System, Inc. (Duke University Health System) has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations under the U.S. and North Carolina False Claims Acts that it made false claims in conjunction with certain services provided to

A Florida man who had been the straw owner of a physical therapy rehabilitation facility has been sentenced to serve 30 months in prison for his role in a $28.3 million Medicare fraud scheme.

Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida A. Lee Bentley III, Special Agent in Charge Paul W

American Family Care Inc. has agreed to pay the government $1.2 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it knowingly submitted claims to Medicare for outpatient office visits that were billed at a higher rate than was appropriate, the Justice Department announced today. American Family Care is a network of walk-in medical clinics headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., with offic

Dr. Nicolas Alfonso Padron, 54, of Garland, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 57 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $9,484,111 in restitution to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Dr. Padron pleaded guilty in September 2013 to one count of count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud stemming from his role as medical director of a physic

Memorial Hospital (Memorial), an Ohio nonprofit corporation that operates an acute care hospital in Fremont, Ohio, has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Statute by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the Justice Department announced today.

“Improper financial re

[¶1] Appellant, Circle C Resources, Inc. (“Circle C”), challenges a decision from the Office of Administrative Hearings awarding worker’s compensation benefits to Appellee, Tara Kobielusz. Circle C contends the hearing examiner erred in finding that Ms. Kobielusz was Circle C’s employee, rather than an independent contractor. We affirm.

ISSUE

[¶2] Was

Omnicare Inc., an Ohio-based long-term care pharmacy, has agreed to pay the government $4.19 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a kickback scheme in violation of the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced today. Omnicare provides pharmaceuticals and services to long-term care facilities and residents and other senior populations.

The settlement resolves allegation