Magistrate: Motion For Judgment Should Be Denied In Federal False Claims Dispute

( May 13, 2025, 11:36 AM EDT) -- BUFFALO, N.Y.  — A New York federal magistrate judge recommended denying an insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and to amend its answer to assert a constitutionality challenge to a qui tam suit filed on behalf of the federal government and the state of New York alleging violations of the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and similar state law related to purportedly inflated Medicaid premiums, finding no “merit” to the constitutional challenge....