U.S. EX REL. BOOKWALTER v. UPMC

No. 18-1693.

938 F.3d 397 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, EX REL. J. William BOOKWALTER, III, M.D.; Robert J. Sclabassi, M.D.; Anna Mitina v. UPMC; University of Pittsburgh Physicians, d/b/a UPP Department of Neurosurgery, J. William Bookwalter, III, M.D.; Robert J. Sclabassi, M.D.; Anna Mitina, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: September 17, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick K. Cavanaugh , Stephen J. Del Sole , Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd LLC, Three PPG Place, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Gregory M. Simpson [ARGUED], Simpson Law Firm, 110 Habersham Drive, Suite 108, Fayetteville, GA 30214, Andrew M. Stone , Stone Law Firm, 1806 Frick Building, 437 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Counsel for Appellants.

Kirti Datla , Jonathan L. Diesenshaus , Jessica L. Ellsworth [ARGUED], Mitchell J. Lazris , Sarah C. Marberg , Hogan Lovells US, 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W., Columbia Square, Washington, DC 20004, Counsel for Appellees.

Before: AMBRO, BIBAS, and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Background ... 403

A. Factual Background ... 403

1. The University of Pittsburgh medical system ... 403

2. The neurosurgeons' compensation structure ... 403

3. The neurosurgeons' alleged fraud...

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