( August 2, 2023, 1:13 PM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas federal magistrate judge granted Medtronic and its related company’s motion to compel discovery in a relator’s qui tam suit alleging that they violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) by participating in a scheme to provide medically unnecessary treatment resulting in the submission of false claims for payment to federal health care programs, finding that the requested communications are relevant and not privileged....