7th Circuit Affirms Ruling Tossing FCA Suit Alleging Medicare Prescription Fraud

( August 19, 2026, 12:11 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling dismissing a relator’s complaint alleging violations of the False Claims Act (FCA), finding that the relator failed to plead with particularity the allegations regarding submitting claims to Medicare based on fraudulent prescriptions and that the complaint failed “to allege materiality.”...