11th Circuit Affirms Order Granting Intervention In FCA Suit Against Pharmacy

(August 1, 2023, 1:18 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 31 affirmed a district court order granting the U.S. government’s motion to intervene and dismiss a qui tam suit alleging that a pharmacy and its owners participated in a scheme to submit fraudulent claims for payment to federally funded health care programs in violation of the federal False Claims Act (FCA), finding that the government “gave good grounds” for seeking to dismiss the suit after it had earlier declined to intervene....