Mealey's ( May 1, 2023, 11:31 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge denied surgery centers’ dismissal in a cheese manufacturing company’s suit against them for alleged fraudulent billing for health care benefits related to unnecessary or unperformed medical services, restitution under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and violations of California’s unfair competition law (UCL), finding that the fraud and UCL violations claims show alleged fraud and that the company established its fiduciary status under ERISA....