(May 17, 2019, 1:41 PM EDT) -- FLORENCE, S.C. — A South Carolina federal judge on May 15 denied dismissal of a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that MiMedx Group Inc. paid kickbacks and caused submission of false claims to government health care programs through hidden payments to a foundation that covered patient co-pays (United States of America, ex rel. Jon Vitale v. MiMedx Group, Inc., No. 17-166, D. S.C., Columbia Div., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 81632)....