(September 4, 2024, 3:13 PM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida federal magistrate judge on Sept. 3 granted a relator’s motion to compel discovery from medical providers and affiliated providers in a suit alleging that the medical providers and Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers violated the False Claims Act (FCA), finding that “while there do appear to be differences between employed and affiliated providers, the Court does not find these differences to be relevant or significant enough to exclude affiliated providers from discovery.”...