Judge Won’t Dismiss FCA Suit Alleging Fraud, Kickback ‘Scheme’ Against Hospitals

( March 3, 2026, 10:55 AM EST) -- CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A Tennessee federal judge denied dismissal of qui tam relators’ suit alleging that Tennessee hospitals participated in a “scheme” in violation of the False Claims Act (FCA) by paying kickbacks to physicians who referred patients to the hospitals and submitted alleged false claims for reimbursement to government insurers, finding that the U.S. government’s complaint in intervention suffices to provide “examples of fraudulent conduct.”...