Judge Permits Class To Amend Medicaid Fraud Complaints Without Adding Claims

Mealey's (December 13, 2022, 1:14 PM EST) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey federal judge granted a limited liability company’s dismissal motion in a putative class action filed against it by families representing class members in New Jersey and Connecticut alleging that the company and its alleged legal affiliate defrauded the families and class members out of Medicaid benefits, finding “that the Third Amended Complaint fails to plead a requisite element” of a claim under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (NJCFA)....