Wilkins v. United Health Group, Inc.
Docket Number | 10-2747 |
Decision Date | 30 June 2011 |
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Device Enhancement LLC. v. Amazon.com, Inc.
...ultimately prevail" but whether that party is "entitled to offer evidence to support the claims." United States ex rel. Wilkins v. United Health Grp., Inc. , 659 F.3d 295, 302 (3d Cir.2011). This "does not impose a probability requirement at the pleading stage," but instead "simply calls fo......
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United States ex rel. Westmoreland v. Amgen, Inc.
...the program altogether yet still demand payment until the time of formal exclusion. See United States ex rel. Wilkins v. United Health Grp., Inc., No. 10–2747, 659 F.3d 295, 313–14 (3d Cir.2011); United States v. Rogan, 517 F.3d 449, 452 (7th Cir.2008); cf. Amgen, 652 F.3d at 110–12 (reject......
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Silbersher v. Allergan Inc., Case No. 18-cv-03018 JCS
...Id. at 899 (citing United States v. Nat'l Wholesalers , 236 F.2d 944, 950 (9th Cir. 1956) ; United States ex rel. Wilkins v. United Health Group, Inc. , 659 F.3d 295, 305 (3d Cir. 2011) ). It further concluded that under Escobar , "a claim for nonconforming goods is not limited to situation......
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6 firm's commentaries
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The End Of The Implied Certification Theory?: The U.S. Supreme Court Grants Certiorari In Case That Could Substantially Limit The False Claims Act
...377, 387 (1st Cir. 2011); Mikes v. Straus, 274 F.3d 687, 699 (2d Cir. 2001); United States ex rel. Wilkins v. United Health Grp., Inc., 659 F.3d 295, 306 (3d Cir. 2011); United States v. Triple Canopy, Inc., 775 F.3d 628, 636 (4th Cir. 2015); United States ex rel. Augustine v. Century Healt......
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Supreme Court To Address Permissibility And Scope Of Implied Certification Liability Under The False Claims Act
...e.g., United States v. Triple Canopy, Inc., 775 F.3d 628, 636 (4th Cir. 2015); United States ex rel. Wilkins v. United Health Grp., Inc., 659 F.3d 295, 306 (3d Cir. 2011); United States ex rel. Hutcheson v. Blackstone Med., Inc., 647 F.3d 377, 387 (1st Cir. 2011); United States v. Sci. Appl......
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Sixth Circuit Applies Strict Precondition Of Payment Requirement To Reverse $11.1 Million FCA Judgment
..."condition of payment" requirement to false certification claims. See, e.g., United States ex rel. Wilkins v. United Health Grp., Inc., 659 F.3d 295 (3d Cir. 2011), United States ex rel. Conner v. Salina Reg'l Health Ctr., Inc., 543 F.3d 1211 (10th Cir. 2008), United States ex rel. Mikes v.......
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CIVIL FALSE CLAIMS ACT: Sixth Circuit Reverses $82 Million FCA Judgment That Would Have Punished A Company 'Solely For Seeking To Maximize Profits' Under Federal Regulations
...States v. Southland Mgmt. Corp., 326 F.3d 669 (5th Cir. 2003) (en banc); United States ex rel. Wilkins v. United Health Group, Inc., 659 F.3d 295 (3d Cir. 2011); United States ex rel. Landers v. Baptist Mem'l Health Care Corp., 525 F. Supp. 2d 972 (W.D. Tenn. 2007)). In reversing the lower ......
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3 books & journal articles
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Determining the Appropriate Reach of Escobar's Materiality Standard: Implied and Express Certification
...that is material to the government's decision to pay" (emphasis added)); United States ex rel. Wilkins v. United Health Grp., Inc., 659 F.3d 295, 305 (3d Cir. 2011) (Liability for implied false certification attaches when "a claimant seeks and makes a claim for payment from the Government w......
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Physician Conflicts of Interest in Court: Beyond the Independent Physician Litigation Heuristic
...& LIFE SCI. L. 16, 21-22 (2012).315. 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(g) (2010).316. See United States ex rel. Wilkins v. United Health Group, Inc., 659 F.3d 295, 304 (3d Cir. 2011).317. Tim Drake, Alexandra Kanu & Nick Silverman, Health Care Fraud, 50 AM. CRIM. L. REV. 1131, 1144 (2013) ("Most courts ......
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The Department of Justice's Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative and Its Impact on the False Claims Act.
...31 U.S.C. [section] 3729(b)(2). (14) 31 U.S.C. [section] 3729(a)(1). (15) See United States ex rel. Wilkins v. United Health Group, Inc., 659 F.3d 295, 305 (3d Cir. 2011) overruled on other grounds as recognized by United States ex rel. Freedom Unlimited, Inc. v. City of Pittsburgh, 728 F. ......