8th Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of FCA Suit Alleging Medicare Advantage Fraud

( September 18, 2024, 1:54 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a qui tam plaintiff’s suit asserting False Claims Act (FCA) violations against a marketing organization and health insurers related to their alleged falsification of insurance agent certifications required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and violations of Medicare Advantage marketing regulations, finding that the lower court did not err in dismissal because none of the marketing organization’s “alleged schemes are material to CMS’s” agreement with the insurers....