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U.S. EX REL. THOMPSON v. COLUMBIA/HCA HEALTHCARE

Civil Action No. C-95-110.

20 F.Supp.2d 1017 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. James M. THOMPSON, Plaintiff, v. COLUMBIA/HCA HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, CHC Holdings, Inc., Columbia Hospital Corporation of Bay Area, Columbia Hospital Corporation of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi Bay Area Surgery, Ltd., and Columbia Surgicare Specialty Hospital, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Corpus Christi Division.

August 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. O'Neill, Clements, O'Neill, Pierce & Nickens, Houston, TX, David L. Perry, Edwards, Perry & Haas, Corpus Christi, TX, Michael F. Hertz, Depart. of Justice, Civil Div., Washington, DC, for U.S. and James M. Thompson.

Darrell Lee Barger, Barger & Moss, Corpus Christi, TX, Jorge C. Rangel, Law Offies of Jorge Rangel, Corpus Christi, TX, Ernest E. Figari, Jr., Figari & Davenport, Dallas, TX, for Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. of Central Texas, CHC Holdings, Inc., Columbia Hosp. Corp. of Bay Area, Columbia Hosp. Corp. of Corpus Christi and Columbia Surgicare Specialty Hosp.

F. Van Huseman, White, Huseman & Pletcher, Corpus Christi, TX, for Corpus Christi Bay Area Surgery Ltd.

ORDER

HARMON, District Judge.

The above referenced qui tam action alleges that since 1990 Defendants (a health care provider and affiliated entities) submitted false or fraudulent Medicare reimbursement claims in violation of the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. §§ 37291 et seq. (West 1983 and 1997 Supp.), and violated the Medicare anti-kickback statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b) (West 1991 &...

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