Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar

Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar, 579 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that "the implied false certification theory can be a basis for False Claims Act liability when a defendant submitting a claim makes specific representations about the goods or services provided, but fails to disclose noncompliance with material statutory, regulatory, or contractual requirements that make those representations misleading with respect to those goods or services."[1][2]

Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 19, 2016 Decided June 16, 2016
Full case name	Universal Health Services, Inc., Petitioner v. United States and Massachusetts, ex rel. Julio Escobar and Carmen Correa
Docket no.	15-7
Citations	579 U.S. ___ (more) 136 S. Ct. 1989; 195 L. Ed. 2d 348
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Holding
"The implied false certification theory can be a basis for [False Claims Act] liability when a defendant submitting a claim makes specific representations about the goods or services provided, but fails to disclose noncompliance with material statutory, regulatory, or contractual requirements that make those representations misleading with respect to those goods or services."
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan
Case opinion
Majority	Thomas, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
False Claims Act