However, District Court Judge Gregory A. Presnell did say Halifax still must face claims that it admitted Medicare patients for unnecessary overnight stays, according to the report.
In his partial summary judgment, Judge Presnell found expert reports cited by the whistleblower to provide “sufficient evidence to establish the existence of a genuine issue of material fact as to the medical necessity of at least some of the admissions at issue,” according to his order. The whistleblower, Elin Baklid-Kunz, claims Halifax physicians regularly admitted patients for one or two days, even when those patients did not meet the medical criteria for admission, according to the order.
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