Insurer Thwarts Dismissal Bid In Fraudulent Billing Lawsuit Against Clinic

Mealey's (January 10, 2022, 9:59 AM EST) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on Dec. 3 ruled that dismissal of claims in a lawsuit brought by an insurer alleging that a health care clinic, its owner and two licensed massage therapists engaged in a scheme to defraud the insurer by usurping Florida law by operating the clinic without the supervision of a medical director is not warranted because the insurer has sufficiently pleaded the elements of its state and federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), common-law fraud and unjust enrichment claims....