( August 22, 2023, 5:04 PM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas federal judge granted in part dismissal motions filed by Medtronic and its related company and a hospital 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 illegal kickbacks claim related to marketing services is barred under the public disclosure bar....