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Appellate Court Approves Whistleblower’s use of Third-Party Litigation Funder, Affirms $255 Million Verdict against Skilled Nursing Facilities for Medicare Fraud

Management pressured staff to inflate Medicare reimbursements by “upcoding” and “ramping.” The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that arrangements with a third-party litigation funder did not deprive a whistleblower of legal “standing” to pursue her claims under the False Claims Act.  It also upheld a $255 million jury…