U.S. High Court Grants Government’s Oral Argument Bid In FCA Medicare Drug Cases

Mealey's ( March 20, 2023, 1:30 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 20 granted, in part, U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar’s motion to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae in support of whistleblowers in their qui tam actions asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ decisions affirming judgments for pharmacies in consolidated cases alleging that the pharmacies were fraudulently overcharging Medicare, Medicaid and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEP) for prescription drugs....