title: Unexpected turn of events. After a five-year battle, an appeals court overturns the fraud convictions of two former Columbia/HCA executives.
abstract: For former Columbia/HCA executives Jay Jarrell and Robert Whiteside, the overturning of their 1999 fraud convictions was a get-out-of-jail-free card. A federal appeals court ruled that the government didn't prove its case against them and that the rules they were meant to follow were confusing. And if the government didn't prove its case here, what does this judgment mean for other fraud cases?
authors.forename: Vince
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galloro
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D030881:Disclosure; D005431:Florida; D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006740:Hospital Administrators / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States