Judge Grants Dismissal In Part In FCA Violation Suit Over COVID-19 Test Billing

( September 9, 2024, 1:59 PM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey federal judge on Sept. 6 granted in part a motion to dismiss filed by a COVID-19 testing provider in a qui tam suit alleging False Claim Act (FCA) violations and violations of a similar New Jersey state law related to improper billing for COVID-19 tests, granting the motion because the provider is not an original source but denying it because the amended complaint satisfies the pleading standard and because “the claims are not barred by the” FCA limitations and are not unconstitutional....