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Last week, EDNY Chief Judge Margo Brodie certified a False Claims Act (FCA) appeal to the Second Circuit.  In United States ex rel. Quartararo v. Catholic Health System of Long Island Inc., the district court found that defendants met the requirements for an interlocutory appeal of the denial of their motion to dismiss FCA misappropriation claims based on violations of a criminal statute governing conversion of benefits or payments under a Federal health care program.

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