Judge Dismisses Parts Of Women’s False Claims Act Suit Over Laboratory’s Billing

Mealey's (January 22, 2019, 2:20 PM EST) -- BEAUFORT, S.C. — A federal judge in South Carolina on Jan. 16 dismissed portions of a False Claims Act (FCA) suit brought by two women accusing Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Corp. (LabCorp) of submitting claims to Medicare for unnecessary testing, reverse false claims and violations of the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act (CIFPA) and Illinois Insurance Claims Fraud Prevention Act (ICFPA), finding that the plaintiffs failed to sufficiently state claims under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) (United States, ex rel. Scarlett Lutz, et al. v. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Corp., No. 14-cv-3699-RMG, D. S.C., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7486)....