Mealey's (March 31, 2022, 9:18 AM EDT) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge in Tennessee on March 21 rejected a request by hospice services providers to narrow claims filed by the United States and the state of Tennessee based on time period and/or location in a consolidated qui tam lawsuit alleging that the defendants violated provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA) and the Tennessee Medicaid False Claims Act (TMFCA) by fraudulently certifying patients for unnecessary hospice services, ruling that the defendants have failed to show that such relief is warranted....