Amedisys Whistleblowers Can Advance Fraud, Retaliation Claims

Two whistleblowers have adequately alleged that Amedisys Inc. violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing Medicare and other federal health-care programs for home health services, a New York federal district court said.

Michael Pilat and Philip Maniscalco—following an appeals court’s guidance in an earlier appeal—adequately alleged that Amedisys actually submitted false claims to the government for payment, Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. of the US District Court for the Western District of New York said in a decision denying Amedisys’ motion to dismiss the whistleblowers’ fourth amended complaint.

The whistleblowers alleged that Amedisys improperly recruited patients for home health ...