( August 2, 2024, 9:02 AM EDT) -- SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A New York federal judge granted in part dismissal motions filed by a physician, his practice and a hospital in a relator’s qui tam suit alleging violations of the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and New York false claims law for the defendants’ purported billing of federal insurers, including Medicaid, for testing that was not evaluated by a physician, finding the allegations insufficient for labor law violations against the hospital and for reverse false claims and conspiracy against all defendants....