( March 8, 2024, 1:29 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 7 vacated and remanded a district court’s award of $553,007.83 in attorney fees, costs and expenses in a qui tam suit alleging that a hospital and its owners and officers violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by falsifying “cost reporting practices,” finding that the ruling must be vacated and remanded because the court based its decision on a judgment later modified by the Fifth Circuit....