Mealey's (August 29, 2019, 1:20 PM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on Aug. 28 dismissed with prejudice a woman’s False Claims Act (FCA) retaliation claim that she was wrongfully terminated after complaining about her employer’s billing habits to Medicare and other insurance providers, finding that a severance agreement she signed waived her claims against the company (United States, ex rel. Melissa Higgins v. HealthSouth Corp., No. 14-cv-2769-T-33AEP, M.D. Fla., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146351)....