Dismissal Granted In FCA Suit Against Hospitalists For Fraudulent Medicare Billing

(October 4, 2023, 1:09 PM EDT) -- CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A West Virginia federal judge granted dismissal to a hospital and affiliated hospitalists in a qui tam suit filed against them, alleging that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by billing Medicare for services that were not actually performed, finding that the relator failed to show that the alleged false claims were submitted to Medicare for payment....