Split 7th Circuit Panel Sends FCA Qui Tam Suit Back To District Court

Mealey's (August 24, 2021, 12:43 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A divided Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 19 overturned a federal district court’s dismissal of state and federal False Claims Act (FCA) claims against a health care services provider regarding its alleged operation of a Medicaid billing scheme for reimbursement of skilled nursing facility (SNF) services, ruling that a relator plausibly alleged that the provider was aware that providing SNF services was material in providing Medicaid services....