Recent Court Actions Provide Insight into Future of Fraud & Abuse Laws

By Health Capital Consultants, LLC

Two recent court actions may serve as harbingers for the future of healthcare fraud and abuse laws. In September 2024, a federal judge in the Southern District of West Virginia ordered parties in a qui tam False Claims Act and Stark Law case to brief the court on the implications of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo on the interpretation of the Stark Law to the case at hand.

That same month, a federal judge in the Middle District of Florida dismissed a qui tam lawsuit on a novel theory that the False Claims Act’s whistleblower provisions are unconstitutional.

This Health Capital Topics article discusses these cases and the potential impact on federal fraud and abuse laws. (Read more…)

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