6th Circuit Agrees Relator Was Not Original Source Of Medicare Fraud Scheme

Mealey's (December 2, 2020, 12:52 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A federal judge in Tennessee’s dismissal of a relator’s False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit was affirmed by the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 1, after finding that the relator was not an original source of an alleged scheme involving the submission of fraudulent bills to Medicare for cardiac procedures and that the relator’s qui tam suit was precluded by the public disclosure bar....