Judge Won’t Reconsider Ruling Denying Dismissal In FCA Kickback Dispute

( May 18, 2026, 4:18 PM EDT) -- CAMDEN, N.J. — A New Jersey federal judge denied a motion by visiting nurse associations seeking reconsideration of the judge’s prior ruling denying dismissal of claims related to the False Claims Act (FCA) and New Jersey False Claims Act arising from alleged violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) related to unlawful kickbacks for home health and hospice referrals, finding that the associations failed to raise “any new facts or controlling decision” and failed to raise their argument in an opening brief that their nonprofit status precluded them from remuneration under the AKS....