United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants in a qui tam action under the False Claims Act alleging that defendants fraudulently billed Medicare for services performed by residents as if the services had been performed by attending physicians is affirmed where the district court correctly found plaintiff's suit barred.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/01/2005
• Decided 02/01/2006
• Published 02/01/2006

Judges

• TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and BAUER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Terrence Buehler (argued), Buehler & Williams, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David M. Laigaie (argued), Dilworth Paxson, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants-Appellees.