( August 22, 2023, 9:35 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge granted in part motions filed by skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and a rehabilitative services contract provider to dismiss a qui tam suit against them, alleging Medicare and Medicaid fraud related to billing for rehabilitative therapy that was purportedly not provided, finding that False Claims Act (FCA) claims against the SNFs should be dismissed for failure to show that they knew of the false billing but that the public disclosure bar precludes dismissal of the FCA claims against the contract provider....