Mississippi Nursing Home Owed Fees for ‘Frivolous’ Fraud Suit

Mississippi nursing home GGNSC Southaven LLC is entitled to attorneys’ fees from a whistleblower who filed a “patently and demonstrably frivolous” False Claims Act lawsuit accusing it of improperly billing Medicaid and Medicare.

Whistleblower and attorney Cameron Jehl, who sought over $30 million in damages, alleged that GGNSC’s claims were fraudulent because it knowingly employed a nursing director who wasn’t licensed or lawfully authorized to practice in the state. A federal district court granted GGNSC summary judgment in March 2022. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed that decision in December.

The suit was frivolous under the ...