U.S. EX REL. HAFTER v. SPECTRUM EMERGENCY CARE

No. 96-1095-JTM.

9 F.Supp.2d 1273 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Lance E. HAFTER, D.O., and George R. Schwartz, M.D., Plaintiffs, v. SPECTRUM EMERGENCY CARE, INC., now known as Spectrum Healthcare Resources, Inc.; Aramark Corporation; Aramark Services, Inc.; Spectrum Healthcare Services of Delaware, Inc., a/k/a Spectrum Healthcare Services, Inc.; Spectrum Emergency Care, Inc.; Emcare Holdings, Inc.; American Medical Response, Inc.; Laidlaw Transit, Inc.; and Laidlaw, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

June 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark B. Hutton, Derek S. Casey, Christopher P. Christian, Channel P. Townsley, III, Hutton & Hutton, Wichita, KS, Richard L. Schodorf, Office of U.S. Attorney, Wichita, KS, for Lance E. Hafter and George R. Schwartz.

Robert L. Howard, Gary L. Ayers, Martha Aaron Ross, Foulston & Siefkin L.L.P., Wichita, KS, James W. Rankin, G. Christian Kronberg, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Kathleen A. Buck, Dexter U. Nutall, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Spectrum Emergency Care, Inc. and Spectrum HealthCare Services of Delaware, Inc.

Gary L. Ayers, Martha Aaron Ross, Foulston & Siefkin L.L.P., Wichita, KS, James W. Rankin, G. Christian Kronberg, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Kathleen A. Buck, Dexter U. Nutall, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Aramark Services, Inc.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

MARTEN, District Judge.

The present action involves a qui tam claim by Dr. Lance E. Hafter as relator under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b). Hafter alleges that the defendants, Spectrum Emergency Care, Inc. and affiliated corporations defrauded the government by submission of false or fraudulent claims for reimbursement for emergency medical services under Medicare...

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