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US and North Carolina prosecutors can continue to allege that Ferncreek Cardiology PA and others violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing Medicare and Medicaid for three years, a federal district court said.
The governments adequately alleged that Ferncreek submitted claims between 2014 and 2017 for cardiology services that weren’t medically necessary, Judge Louise W. Flanagan of the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina said in a Thursday opinion, denying the defendants’ motions for summary judgment. “There are genuine issues of material fact regarding falsity, scienter, and damages as to each defendant,” Flanagan said, which ...
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