(October 2, 2024, 8:10 AM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — Drawing on a dissent issued by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in United States ex rel. Jesse Polansky, M.D., M.P.H. v. Executive Health Resources, a Florida federal judge on Sept. 30 granted defendants’ dismissal motion in a qui tam suit alleging that medical providers and Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers violated the False Claims Act (FCA), finding that the relator lacks standing pursuant to Article II of the U.S. Constitution to pursue a qui tam action on the government’s behalf....