Mealey's (July 6, 2017, 9:53 AM EDT) -- MOBILE, Ala. — A federal judge in Alabama on June 30 dismissed a physician’s claims that an ear, nose and throat practice engaged in a fraudulent billing scheme in violation of the False Claims Act (FCA), finding that the allegations did not satisfy the heightened pleading requirement of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) (United States of America, ex rel. Mark R. Gacek Sr. v. Premier Medical Management, Inc., d/b/a Premier Medical Group, No. 14-0342-WS-B, S.D. Ala., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 101963)....