Mealey's (September 6, 2018, 4:21 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois on Sept. 4 denied motions for summary judgment filed by the federal government and a hospital executive who was found guilty of violating the False Claims Act’s (FCA) Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), ruling that the defendant did not admit liability as part of his conviction and that the government can seek damages based on payments the defendant received from Medicare and Medicaid (United States v. Edward J. Novak, No. 17 C 4887, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150234)....