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UNITED STATES v. KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.

No. 19-55823.

44 F.4th 838 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America EX REL. Steven J. HARTPENCE, Relator, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.; KCI-USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 9, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Gregory M. Luce (argued), Bradley A. Klein , Paul A. Solomon , and John A.J. Barkmeyer , Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C.; Matthew E. Sloan and Rachael T. Schiffman , Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Bobby R. Baldock, Marsha S. Berzon, and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

In this qui tam action brought under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., Plaintiff and Relator Stephen J. Hartpence alleges that Defendants Kinetic Concepts, Inc. and its indirect subsidiary KCI USA, Inc. (collectively, "KCI") submitted claims to Medicare in which KCI...

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