Mealey's ( May 3, 2023, 2:39 PM EDT) -- WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A New York federal magistrate judge on May 2 denied skilled nursing facilities’ request for summaries of interviews in the government’s suit against the facilities and related parties for alleged violations of the federal False Claims Act (FCA) in submitting false claims to Medicare “for excessive rehabilitation services,” finding that though the work-product privilege does not prevent “limited disclosure” of the interviewees’ names, the interview summaries are protected by the privilege, to which no exception applies....