California Court Permits FCA Claim Involving Medicare “Referral and Regeneration” Scheme to Proceed Against Healthcare CEO

In a recent opinion, the Northern District of California allowed FCA claims to proceed against the CEO of a skilled nursing facility operator.  John Orten, the whistleblower in the suit, was a former nursing home administrator for North American Health Care, Inc. (NAHC).  Orten claimed that he had witnessed the CEO of NAHC, John Sorensen, order company administrators to pay physicians who referred patients to...