Judge Won’t Strike ‘Allegedly Scandalous Material’ In FCA Suit Against Medtronic

(March 15, 2024, 12:42 PM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas federal judge denied Medtronic’s request to strike purportedly false allegations in a qui tam suit alleging that Medtronic and its related company and a hospital violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by participating in a scheme to provide medically unnecessary treatment resulting in the submission of false claims for payment to federal health care programs, finding that “the court has no grounds to strike” “the allegedly scandalous material.”...