Healthcare Associates of Texas Denied New Medicare Fraud Trial

Healthcare Associates of Texas LLC failed to show a federal court erred in concluding it owes an ordered $16.5 million for False Claims Act violations over improperly billing Medicare.

Healthcare Associates, which sought a new trial or to have the judgment set aside as a matter of law, didn’t demonstrate that the jury heard improper instructions or that the district judge wrongly admitted expert evidence, Chief Judge David C. Godbey of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas said in a Tuesday order denying the company’s motion.

Godbey also said US Court of Appeals for the Fifth ...