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

Misc. No. 01-50 (RCL), Civil Action No. 99-3311 (RCL).

498 F.Supp.2d 25 (2007)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Debra HOCKETT, M.D., et al., Plaintiffs, v. COLUMBIA/HCA HEALTHCARE CORP., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig A. Gillen, Gillen, Dailey, Cromwell, Withers & Brantley, L.L.C., John G. Malcolm, Malcom & Schroeder, L.L.P., Marian B. Wilbanks, Harmon, Smith, Bridges & Wilbanks, Benjamin S. Williams, Atlanta, GA, John P. Panneton, Friedman, Collard, Cutter & Panneton, Sacramento, CA, Steven C. James, Thomas A. Spieczny, El Paso, TX, C. Thomas Miller, Whitlow, Roberts, Houston & Straub, Paducah, KY, Ronald G. Sheffer, Sheffer, Hutchinson, Kinney, Louisville, KY, M. Clay Alspaugh, Hogan, Smith & Alpaugh, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Mike Bothwell, Roswell, GA, Linda A. Kontos, Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman, Los Angeles, CA, Monica S. Oh, Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman, Los Angeles, CA, Thomas B. Watson, Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman, Los Angeles, CA, John Homer Cochran, Cochran & Cochran, P.C., Dallas, TX, R. Gaines Griffin, Davidson & Troilo, P.C., San Antonio, TX, Kay Lynn Brumbaugh, Strasburger & Price, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Mark Tucker Hurt, Abingdon, VA, John L. McGraw, III, McCraw & McCraw, McKinney, TX, Stephen Meagher, Phillips & Cohen, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, Scott A. Powell, Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, AL, Don P. McKenna, Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, AL, Jennifer M. Verkamp, Volkema Thomas, LPA, Cincinnati, OH, David L. Perry, Perry & Haas, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, TX, Scott J. Topolski, Rutherford, Muihall & Wargo, P.A., Boca Raton, FL, Robert N. Williams, Meyer & Williams, Jackson, WY, A. Edward Overton, Hudson, FL, John W. Andrews, Andrews Law Group, Henry Paul, Tampa, FL, Lesley Annskillen, Getnick & Getnick, Alexandra A.E. Shapiro, Michele Marie Pyle, Latham & Watkins, New York, NY, Christopher M. Dimuro, Latham & Watkins, LLP, Newark, NJ, Jonathan Kroner, Miami, FL, Andrew Grosso, Andrew Grosso & Associates, Jennifer C. Archie, Latham & Watkins, James A. Moody, Joseph A. Black, The Cullen Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Hamish P.M. Hume, Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Robert P. Trout, Trout Cacheris, PLLC, Peter Wilson Chatfield, Phillips & Cohen, Robert L. Vogel, Shelley R. Slade, Vogel & Slade, LLP, Mary Louise Cohen, Phillips & Cohen, Elaine A. Panagakos, Nels John Ackerson, Ackerson Kauffman Fex, P.C., John T. Richards, Jr., Trout & Richards, PLLC, George Allen Dale, Law Office of G. Allen Dale, Mary Kay Ogden, Washington, DC, G.P. Hardy, III, Hardy & Johns, Jeffrey S. Thompson, Williams Bailey Law Firm, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs.

Eric H. Jaso, Latham & Watkins, Newark, NJ, Walter P. Loughlin, Noreen A. Kelly-Najah, Latham & Watkins, Robert A. Alessi, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York, NY, Jennifer C. Archie, Roger Steven Goldman, Alice Stevens Fisher, Edward Jay Shapiro, Everett Clifford Johnson, Jr., Allen M. Gardner, Latham & Watkins, Stuart Michael Gerson, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., Sarah P. Swanz, Stephen S. Kaye, Bryan Cave, L.L.P., Robert A. Salerno, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Stanley R. Soya, Jackson Kelly PLLC, William E. Lawler, III, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Shannon Thyme Klinger, Alston & Bird, L.L.P., Andrew Lawrence Hurst, Carol Colborn Loepere, Scot Thomas Hasselman, Reed Smith LLP, Washington, DC, Stephen Craig Holden, Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, MD, Matthew R. Lewis, Ray Quinney & Nebeker, Salt Lake City, UT, James R. Dennis, Mayfield & Perrenot, P.C., Todd E. Marshall, Ray, McChristian & Jeans, El Paso, TX, Earsa R. Jackson, Jeffrey S. Osgood, Earsa R. Jackson, Strasburger & Price, L.L.P., Jerry L. Beane, Scrasburger & Price, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, John E. Clark, Goode, Casseb, Jones, Choate & Watson, P.C., San Antonio, TX, Noreen Toleshe, Clinical Arts Comprehensive Services, Inc., Covington, GA, John G. Despriet, William Parker Sanders, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, L.L.P., Atlanta, GA, James Edward Maloney, Baker & Botts, L.L.P., Jeffrey S. Thompson, Williams Bailey Law Firm, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Don P. McKenna, Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, AL, Van Huseman, White, Huseman & Pletcher, Corpus Christie, TX, Andrew M. Price, Wheeling, WV, Bryan E. Larson, Brian D. Roark, Bass, Berry & Sims, P.L.C., Amy J. Everhart, Bowen, Riley, Warnock & Jacobson, P.L.C., Nashville, TN, John R. Hellow, Mark S. Hardiman, Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, Brien O'Connor, Perry Moriearty, Michael K. Fee, Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA, Christopher A. Myers, Holland & Knight LLP, McLean, VA, Brian L. Smith, Wear ark, Incorporated, Des Moines, IA, Philip H. Lebowitz, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz Litigation Department, Michael J. Holston Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants.

Rio Grande Physician's Service, Inc., El Paso, TX, pro se.

Richard Bishop, Covington, GA, pro se.

Central Health. Management Services, Inc., Atlanta, GA, pro se.

Centra Health Services, Norcross, GA, pro se.

Clinical Arts Comprehensive Services, Inc., Covington, GA, pro se.

Sun Country Medical Equipment, Inc., El Paso, TX, pro se.

West Texas Radiology Group, El Paso, TX, pro se.

Your House of Oxford, Inc., Oxford, GA, pro se.

Cathy Lloyd, pro se.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

LAMBERTH, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case began its life in the Western District of Virginia, and was one of several matters transferred to this Court for consolidated and coordinated pretrial proceedings as part of a multi-district litigation. That litigation has seen some 30 lawsuits come through this Court, which have lasted ten years and spawned thousands of court filings. Only two of these cases...

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