Discovery Rulings Issued In FCA Suit Over Alleged Cyber-Distracted Anesthesiologists

( December 3, 2024, 1:38 PM EST) -- SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah federal magistrate judge granted in part motions to stay depositions filed by defendant anesthesiologists and their practices in a qui tam suit asserting that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) and a similar Nevada law by submitting for payment to government insurers claims for anesthesiology services when they were instead allegedly “immersed in the Internet” rather than providing care to their patients during surgery....