“The significance of this is...

“The significance of this is that CMS puts out so many regulations overlaying the health care providers [and payers] in this country, [and] that it is fertile ground for those folks to be subject to False Claims Act allegations.”   —Tom Coulter, a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, talked with Health Plan Weekly about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear two consolidated cases — U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. and U.S. ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway, Inc. — and how they could impact fraud liability implications for insurers.

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