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Health First Inc. is seeking to recover more than $1.71 million in legal fees from the physician group Omni Healthcare Inc. and Omni s lawyers, Whatley Kallas LLP.
Health First s 27-page filing in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Orlando follows the court s dismissal in April of a false claims act lawsuit
that Omni had filed against Health First.
In its new filing, Health First contends it is entitled to recover its attorneys’ fees because allegations by Omni and its president and chief executive officer, Dr. Craig Deligdish, were “clearly frivolous, clearly vexatious and/or also brought primarily for purposes of harassment,” and that the conduct of Omni’s counsel “multiplied the proceedings unreasonably and vexatiously.”
Federal Judge Tosses False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Zuckerman Spaeder Client Health First
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ROCKLEDGE, Fla., April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ U.S. District Court Judge Roy A. Dalton has dismissed with prejudice a whistleblower s False Claims Act ( FCA ) lawsuit brought against Zuckerman Spaeder client Health First. The dismissal of a third amended FCA complaint brought by relator Omni Healthcare comes after a January ruling by the same court, which dismissed Omni s second amended complaint because it lacked crucial details.
Health First is Central Florida s only fully integrated delivery network and the largest health provider in Brevard County. The non-profit company operates a health insurance plan, four hospitals, a multi-specialty physician group, and is home to Brevard County s only Level II trauma center.
Brevard teachers sue Health First, claim monopoly raised their healthcare costs Bailey Gallion, Florida Today
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A group of teachers has entered the legal fray over Health First’s domination of the Brevard County healthcare market, accusing the hospital system and insurer of monopolistic tactics in a class action suit.
Brevard Federation of Teachers President Anthony Colucci, Vice President Vanessa Skipper and teacher Kelly Baker filed a complaint Monday in Florida’s middle district federal court. The suit repeats many of the allegations Health First has already faced in court, accusing the healthcare system of using aggressive, monopolistic tactics to gain leverage to increase the price of its services, causing the teachers to overpay for their healthcare.