Relator Gets Third Chance to Show Surgery Quota Induced Purchases of Defendants’ Medical Devices; United States District Court for the District of Maryland No. 1:17-cv-00668-SAG, U.S. ex rel. Matthew Fitzer M.D. v. Allergan Inc., et al.

The district court granted the relator’s motion for leave to amend his qui tam complaint alleging that the defendants violated the Anti-Kickback Statute by requiring physicians included in a referral database to perform a minimum number of surgeries using their devices.