U.S. EX REL. COLUCCI v. BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER

No. 06 Civ. 5033(DC).

785 F.Supp.2d 303 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Cleuza COLUCCI, Plaintiff, v. BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 31, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Diane McFadin, By: Diane McFadin, Esq. , New York, NY, Willa N. France, Esq. , New York, NY, for Relator.

Proskauer Rose LLP, by: Malcolm J. Harkins III, Esq. , James F. Segroves, Esq. , Washington D.C., by: Edward S. Kornreich, Esq. , Roger A. Cohen, Esq. , New York, NY, for Defendants.


OPINION

CHIN, Circuit Judge.

Qui tam relator Cleuza Colucci ("Colucci") brings this action on behalf of the United States against Beth Israel Medical Center ("BIMC"), Mort Hyman, Tom Hayes, and Robert Naldi under the False Claims Act (the "FCA"). Colucci seeks per-claim penalties and treble damages exceeding $1.5 billion, alleging that defendants submitted false claims to Medicare related to BIMC's Graduate Medical Education program. Specifically...

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