United States Tenth Circuit
US v. Salina Reg'l Health Ctr., Inc., 07-3033, 07-3035
A qui tam plaintiff, proceeding under the False Claims Act (FCA), cannot maintain a cause of action against a Medicare provider based on an allegation that the provider's certification of compliance with Medicare statutes and regulations, contained in the annual cost report, renders all claims submitted for reimbursement by that provider false within the meaning of the FCA.
Appellate Information
- Decided 10/02/2008
- Published 10/03/2008
Judges
- LUCERO, Circuit Judge., Before LUCERO and EBEL, Circuit Judges, and FRIZZELL,District Court Judge.
Court
- United States Tenth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Sharon J. Arkin, Arkin & Glovsky, Lake Forest, California, on the brief for Amicus Curiae.
- For Appellees:
- Ronald H. Clark, Arent Fox, Washington, D.C. (Randall A. Brater, Arent Fox, Washington, D.C., and Douglas L. Carter, Kansas City, Missouri, with him on the briefs), for the Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees., James D. Griffin, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, LLP, Kansas City, Missouri (Stephen J. Torline and Lori J. Sellers, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, LLP, Kansas City, Missouri; John W. Mize and Peter S. Johnston, Clark, Mize & Linville, Chtd., Salina, Kansas, with him on the briefs), for Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant.