Relator's Allegations Of Kickback Schemes For Blood Tests Survive Dismissal

(September 17, 2020, 9:06 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal magistrate judge in California on Aug. 19 held that a relator sufficiently stated claims under the False Claims Act (FCA) and California False Claims Act (CFCA) concerning a laboratory company's alleged operation of schemes that involved the payment of illegal referral fees and the capping of patient deductibles but dismissed without prejudice the relator's causes of action under the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act (IFPA) because it did not sufficiently allege that it was an interested party (United States, ex rel. STF LLC v. Vibrant America LLC, No. 16-2487, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150345)....