United States Sixth Circuit

In a suit alleging that defendants all violated the Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSP), dismissal of the claims is affirmed where the MSP is not a qui tam statute, and there was no basis upon which to find that plaintiff could otherwise demonstrate standing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/28/2008
• Published 02/28/2008

Judges

• Before RYAN, BATCHELDER, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Kenneth L. Connor, Wilkes & McHugh, Leesburg, Virginia, for Appellant.  Edward K.M. Bilich, JONES DAY, Washington, DC, Daniel M. Stefaniuk, Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams, Chattanooga, Tennessee, John L. Miller, Wagner, Myers & Sanger, Knoxville, Tennessee, Reuben N. Pelot IV, Egerton, McAfee, Armistead & Davis, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Kathleen C. Knight, Wilkes & McHugh, Tampa, Florida, for Appellant.  Edward K.M. Bilich, Gregory M. Luce, Paul R. Reichert, Jones Day, Washington, DC, Daniel M. Stefaniuk, Fred H. Moore, Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Reuben N. Pelot IV, Egerton, McAfee, Armistead & Davis, Knoxville, Tennessee, Robert L. Trentham, Miller & Martin, Nashville, Tennessee, Martin B. Bailey, Wagner, Myers & Sanger, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellees.