Fourth Circuit: Safeco Defense Applies to FCA Claims and Dooms Medicaid Best Price Qui Tam

In a split decision issued January 25, 2022, the Fourth Circuit strongly endorsed a defense to False Claims Act liability for entities that submit claims to the government in today’s complex regulatory environment, finding: “[i]f the government wants to hold people liable for violating labyrinthine reporting requirements, it at least needs to indicate a way through the maze.” U.S.