( March 9, 2026, 3:04 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 6 affirmed a lower court’s order adopting a report and recommendation to award attorney fees of $479,656.22 to a health care company and related entities in a relator’s qui tam suit against them asserting violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) regarding disputes over the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor program, finding that the lower court did not abuse its discretion in finding attorney fees “justified” due to the relator’s claims being “frivolous.”...