( September 4, 2024, 10:02 AM EDT) -- WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A Pennsylvania federal judge granted in part summary judgment in a suit alleging that a hospital and a federally qualified health center (FQHC) violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) by unlawfully retaliating against a physician by terminating him after he alleged FCA violations, finding that summary judgment is appropriate for the retaliation and the whistleblower claims because there is a lack of evidence showing that the purpose of the alleged whistleblowing was to support the FQHC’s independence from the hospital....