Judge Dismisses FCA Claims Against Hospital In Medicare Fraud COVID Testing Suit

Mealey's (April 27, 2023, 2:00 PM EDT) -- ATHENS, Ga. — A Georgia federal judge on April 26 dismissed relators’ qui tam suit against a hospital and pulmonary medicine practice accused of violating the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and Georgia False Medicaid Claims Act (GFMCA) for seeking payment from Medicare and Medicaid related to purported fraud in repeating COVID testing to create negative results, finding that the relators “failed to state a viable claim for worthless services.”...