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MINNESOTA ASS'N OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS v. ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM CORP.

No. 99-2356.

276 F.3d 1032 (2002)

MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS, United States of America, ex rel., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM CORP.; Unity Hospital; Mercy Hospital; Mark Sperry, M.D.; Gary Baggenstoss, M.D.; John Murphy; David Cumming, M.D.; John Rydberg, M.D.; Midwest Anesthesiologists, P.A.; Metropolitan Anesthesia Network; Health Billing Systems, Inc.; Allen Tank; Thelma M. Albay, M.D.; Minda Castillejos, M.D.; Teri Heil, M.D.; Sang Hong, M.D.; Ted Janossy, M.D.; Raymond Kloepper, II, M.D.; John Magdsick, M.D.; Thomas Maggs, M.D.; Thomas Polta, M.D.; John Roseberg, M.D.; Jai Suh; Jeffrey Yue, M.D.; Craig Johnson, M.D.; St. Cloud Hospital; Anesthesia Associates, of St. Cloud Ltd.; Gary A. Boeke, M.D.; Philip F. Boyle, M.D.; L. Michael Espeland, M.D.; Alan D. Espelien, M.D.; Paul J. Halverson, M.D.; Lanse C. Lang, M.D.; A. Wade McMillan, M.D.; William H. Rice, M.D.; Allan Reitz, M.D.; Annette E. Zwick, M.D.; Anesthesiology, P.A.; Does, I through XX; Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Inc., Sued as Abbott Northwestern Hospital; Northwest Anesthesia, P.A.; Bryce Beverlin, M.D.; Richard Blomberg, M.D.; Jean Boening, M.D.; Mitchell Burke, M.D.; Rajarao Dwarakanath, M.D.; Richard Engwall, M.D.; James Gayes, M.D.; Luis Giron, M.D.; Nancy Groves, M.D.; Jonathan Gudman, M.D.; Richard W. Johnson, M.D.; John C. Lillehei, M.D.; Robert McKlveen, M.D.; Judith Meisner, M.D.; Michael Menzel, M.D.; James Musich, M.D.; Mark Nissen, M.D.; Xavier Pereira, M.D.; David Plut, M.D.; Jeffrey Shaw, M.D.; Richard Skoog, M.D.; William Stauffer, M.D.; Ofelio Tiu, M.D.; Robert Tronnier, M.D.; John Wintermute, M.D.; Does, I through XX (other unknown defendants); Defendants-Appellees. United States of America, Movant United States of America, Amicus on Behalf of Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 17, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Stone, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, argued, for plaintiff-appellant.

Sushma Soni, Justice Dept., Washington, DC, argued, Amicus Curiae U.S. appellant.

Thomas L. Fraser, Minneapolis, MN, argued (John D. French, Jay D. Christiansen, Richard A. Duncan and Elizabeth H. Schmiesing, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before McMILLIAN and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges, and LAUGHREY, District Judge.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The Minnesota Association of Nurse Anesthetists brought this qui tam suit as relator for the United States, alleging that the defendant hospitals2 and anesthesiologists3 had knowingly made false claims on the United States government by mischaracterizing services they had provided to Medicare patients. The Association pleaded that the...

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