Constantine Cannon Announces $57 Million Whistleblower Settlement with the Largest Not-For-Profit Home Health Care Agency ...
(WorldNews Health)

NEW YORK, June 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- is pleased to announce a $57 million settlement of the False Claims Act lawsuit its whistleblower client brought against the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY). VNSNY is the largest not-for-profit home health care agency in the country, serving roughly 150,000 patients a year in New York, most of whom are elderly and/or disabled. A copy of the settlement can be found . The whistleblower who filed this action, Edward Lacey, was an executive at VNSNY for 16 years. In his complaint, Mr. Lacey alleged that VNSNY failed to provide its patients all the critical nursing and therapy visits and services their doctors prescribed under the patient Plans...