Judge: Qui Tam Plaintiff’s Insurance Fraud Claims Barred By Public Disclosure

(September 11, 2017, 9:53 AM EDT) -- SAVANNAH, Ga. — A federal judge in Georgia on Sept. 6 dismissed without prejudice a relator’s claims under the qui tam provision of the False Claims Act (FCA) accusing two health care clinics and their providers of failing to submit reimbursements to Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers in 14 states for overpayments the clinics received,  finding that the woman’s claims are barred by public disclosure and that they did not meet the heightened pleading requirements of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (8)(a) and 9(b) (United States of America, ex rel. Tracy Payton v. Pediatric Services of America, Inc., et al., No. 16-cv-102, S.D. Ga., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 144289)....

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