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U.S. EX REL. GRUBBS v. KANNEGANTI

No. 07-40963.

565 F.3d 180 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. James H. GRUBBS, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ravikumar KANNEGANTI, M.D.; George E. Groves, M.D., Kashi S. Bagri, M.D.; Sharad B. Kulkarni, M.D.; Sriya DeSilva, M.D.; Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, doing business as Memorial Hermann Baptist Beaumont Hospital; John Doe One; John Doe Two; John Doe Three; John Doe Four; John Doe Five; Sudheer Kaza, M.D.; and Rajen Desai, M.D., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 8, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary T. Cornwell (argued), The Cornwell Law Firm, Beaumont, TX, Howard Lynn Nations, Houston, TX, for Grubbs.

Paul Wayne Pickering, Fowler, Rodriguez & Chalos, Houston, TX, for Kanneganti.

James Rowland Old, Jr. (argued), Germer Gertz, Beaumont, TX, for Groves.

Mitchell A. Toups (argued), Weller, Green, Toups & Terrell, Beaumont, TX, for Bagri.

Alfred Markham Faggard, Beaumont, TX, for DeSilva.

David Eric Bernsen, Moore Landrey, LLP, Beaumont, TX, Ethan L. Shaw (argued), Moore Landrey, LLP, Austin, TX, for Baptist Hosp. of SE Tex.

Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a 12(b)(6) dismissal of a qui tam action under the False Claims Act brought by Dr. Grubbs against his employer, Memorial Hermann Baptist Beaumont Hospital, five of the Hospital's psychiatric doctors, and two other doctors. The action alleges the Hospital and doctors billed Medicare and Medicaid for services not performed. The district court found that the complaint lacked sufficient detail regarding...

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