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Friday, July 4, 2025

Fresenius Beats Whistleblower’s Bid to Revive Kickback Lawsuit - Bloomberg Law News

Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. stopped a whistleblower’s bid to reinstate a False Claims Act suit alleging that the company engaged in a kickback scheme, the First Circuit said Friday.

Whistleblower Martin Flanagan failed to show that a federal district court erred in dismissing his suit alleging that dialysis clinics operator Fresenius provided free or below-cost services to hospitals and physicians in exchange for referrals to its clinics, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit said.

“Broadly stating that Fresenius intended to have all claims paid, whether or not tainted by the kickback scheme, is not sufficient to ...



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