(January 4, 2024, 2:12 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 3 distributed for conference a hospital’s petition for a writ of certiorari challenging the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ decision that declined to dismiss a qui tam suit alleging that a hospital and its owners and officers violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) by submitting false reports for Medicare reimbursement....