Dialysis Provider’s Bid To Deny Attorney Fees Rejected In FCA Medicare Fraud Suit

(May 29, 2024, 2:39 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts federal judge on May 28 granted in part a relator’s request for attorney fees in a suit alleging that a dialysis provider violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by fraudulently billing Medicare and Medicaid for unnecessary hepatitis B testing, finding that the total requested hours must be reduced by 40%, in part due to the difficulty for the court to review “improper billing practices.”...