U.S. EX REL. MAUR v. HAGE-KORBAN

No. 20-5301.

981 F.3d 516 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America EX REL. Gurpreet MAUR, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Elie HAGE-KORBAN; Delta Clinics, PLC, dba The Heart and Vascular Center of West Tennessee; Knoxville HMA Holdings, LLC, dba Tennova Healthcare; Jackson Hospital Corporation, dba Regional Hospital of Jackson; Dyersburg Hospital Company, LLC, dba Dyersburg Regional Medical Center, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: December 1, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Shelby Serig , MORGAN & MORGAN P.A., Jacksonville, Florida, for Appellant. Jeffrey Scott Newton , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, PC, Jackson, Mississippi, for Appellees Elie Hage-Korban and Delta Clinics. Brian D. Roark , BASS, BERRY & SIMS PLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees Knoxville HMA Holdings and Dyersburg Hospital Company. ON BRIEF Shelby Serig , MORGAN & MORGAN P.A., Jacksonville, Florida, for Appellant. Jeffrey Scott Newton , Micahel Thomas Dawkins , Joseph Lott Warren , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, PC, Jackson, Mississippi, for Appellees Elie Hage-Korban and Delta Clinics. Brian D. Roark , BASS, BERRY & SIMS PLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees Knoxville HMA Holdings and Dyersburg Hospital Company. David J. Chizewer , GOLDBERG KOHN LTD., Chicago, Illinois, for Amicus Curiae.

Before: SILER, SUTTON, and LARSEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

In this qui tam action, Dr. Gurpreet Maur accuses Dr. Elie Hage-Korban ("Korban") of submitting false claims to Medicare for unnecessary cardiac testing and procedures, in alleged violation of the False Claims Act (FCA). See 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1)(A)-(C), (G). The district court dismissed...

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