Hospital Refutes Amicus’ Assertion That Court Order ‘Guts’ California’s IFPA

Mealey's (June 17, 2022, 11:47 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A hospital on May 5 filed an answer to The Anti-Fraud Alliance’s amicus curiae brief in support of the state of California in a qui tam lawsuit alleging that the hospital participated in kickbacks, patient steering and billing fraud schemes, contending that nothing in the amicus brief provides any basis to warrant reversal of a lower court’s judgment in its favor in the action brought under the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act....