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Seventh Circuit Rejects Novel Fraud Theory

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Posted on November 13, 2014 in False Claims Act Defense

Written by: David B. Honig

Relator Thulin was a pharmacist in Idaho working for Shopko, a Wisconsin company. He filed an FCA claim alleging Shopko defrauded Medicaid by failing to pass along private insurance plan prices to Medicaid for dual-eligible patients. The court rejected Shopko’s claim, affirming the trial court’s grant of a motion to dismiss. Dual-eligible Medicaid recipients... READ MORE

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