Lap-Band False Claims Case Partly Survives After Relator Files 4th Complaint

Mealey's (August 30, 2022, 1:56 PM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — After dismissing a whistleblower’s first three complaints, a Maryland federal judge on Aug. 23 denied in part motions by Allergan Inc. and Apollo Endosurgery Inc. to dismiss the fourth amended false claims complaint alleging that the companies provided kickbacks to gastric surgery patients by listing them on a physician-finder website only if they met a quota for number of surgeries using the Lap-Band weight loss device....