Texas Court Allows FCA Case to Proceed Based on Purchasing “Future Referrals”

In United States ex rel. Roshan v. E. Tex. Med. Ctr., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 252092, 2020 WL 8918651 (E.D. Tex. (Nov. 24, 2020)), a Texas federal court partially dismissed a relator’s claim alleging the defendants engaged in various billing and referral practices that violated the False Claims Act (FCA), the Stark Law, and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). While dismissing certain of the relator’s claims for failure to plead with the requisite particularity, the court allowed the case to proceed on...
By: McGuireWoods LLP

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