U.S. EX REL. COX v. IOWA HEALTH SYSTEM

Civil No. 4-96-CV-10704.

29 F.Supp.2d 1022 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Jeff COX, Plaintiff, v. IOWA HEALTH SYSTEM, Iowa Hospital and Health Systems, Central Iowa Health System, Central Iowa Hospital Corp. d/b/a Iowa Methodist Medical Center; Rocky Mountain Helicopters, Inc., Rocky Mountain Holdings L.L.C. d/b/a Rocky Mountain Helicopters d/b/a Life Flight; Mercy Hospital Medical Center and Air Methods Corporation d/b/a Mercy Air Life; University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Rocky Mountain Helicopters, Inc., Rocky Mountain Holdings, L.L.C. d/b/a Air Care Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Iowa, Central Division.

January 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen M. Deal, United States Attorney, Des Moines, IA, John E. Billingsley, Walker Knopf & Billingsley, Newton, IA, for United States of America, Jeff Cox.

Dennis W. Drake, IA Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, IA, Gregory M. Luce, James J. Graham, Jesse A. Witten, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for Iowa Methodist Medical Center.

Kristin L. Bohlken, David M. Harris, J. Roger Edgar, Greensfelder Hemker & Gale PC, St Louis, MO, for Rocky Mountain Helicopters.

Thomas A. Finley, Glenn Goodwin, Finley Alt Smith Scharnberg May & Craig, Des Moines, IA, for Mercy Hosp. Medical Center.

Michael W. Thrall, Nyemaster Goode Voigts West, Hansell & O'Brien PC, Des Moines, IA, Neil Peck, Gale T. Miller, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, Denver, CO, for Air Methods Corp.

Elizabeth M. Osenbaugh, Attorney General of Iowa, Des Moines, IA, for University of Iowa Hospitals.


ORDER

LONGSTAFF, District Judge.

The Court has before it defendants' motions to dismiss. Plaintiff/Relator Jeff Cox ("Relator") filed this action on behalf of the United States September 17, 1996. On October 14, 1997, defendant Air Methods Corp. ("Air Methods") filed a motion to dismiss which alternately seeks summary judgment. Defendants Iowa Methodist Medical Center ("IMMC") and Mercy Hospital Medical Center ("Mercy") filed motions to dismiss October 15...

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