Supreme Court Rejects Home Healthcare Firms’ Kickback Challenge

The US Supreme Court said Tuesday that it won’t review an appeals court decision finding that Illinois home health-care companies violated the False Claims Act by engaging in a kickback scheme.

Whistleblower Stop Illinois Health Care Fraud LLC accused Asif Sayeed, Management Principals Inc., Vital Home & Healthcare, and Physician Care Services of engaging in a scheme whereby they paid a senior citizen support organization, in return for information about potential Medicare-eligible clients, to increase sales of services.

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the defendants knew it was unlawful to pay for client eligibility ...