US and North Carolina prosecutors failed to convince a federal jury that Ferncreek Cardiology PA and others violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing Medicare and Medicaid.
The US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina jury issued a unanimous verdict Monday finding that Ferncreek didn’t knowingly present any false claim to the federal health-care programs.
- Whistleblower Santhosh Reddy Devarapally sued in 2017 and the governments later intervened in part, filing the operative amended complaint in 2024
- Judge
Louise W. Flanagan ruled March 20 that the governments adequately alleged Ferncreek submitted claims from 2014 to 2017 for ...