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GODECKE v. KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.

No. 18-55246.

937 F.3d 1201 (2019)

Geraldine GODECKE, Relator; ex rel. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.; KCI-USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 6, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt Kuhn (argued), Kuhn Hobbes PLLC, Austin, Texas; Patrick J. O'Connell , Law Offices of Patrick J. O'Connell PLLC, Austin, Texas; Mark I. Labaton , Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, Los Angeles, California; Michael A. Hirst , Hirst Law Group P.C., Davis, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Gregory M. Luce (argued), Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C.; Matthew E. Sloan and Kevin J. Minnick , Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: A. Wallace Tashima and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges, and M. Douglas Harpool, District Judge.

OPINION

Relator Geraldine Godecke appeals the district court's dismissal of her qui tam case against Defendants Kinetic Concepts, Inc. and KCI USA, Inc. (collectively, "KCI"), brought under the federal False Claims Act ("FCA"). Godecke alleges that KCI submitted false claims to Medicare. Specifically, Godecke alleges...

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