Judge Tosses FCA Fraudulent Billing Suit, Finds First-To-File Bar Applies

( October 15, 2025, 11:21 AM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — A Maryland federal judge granted a motion to dismiss filed by health care providers and a skilled nursing facility (SNF) in a qui tam suit alleging that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by purportedly billing Medicare and Medicaid for unnecessary services, finding that the first-to-file rule applies and bars the claims against them....