United States Ex Rel. Hunt v. Merck-Medco Managed Care, L.L.C.

OPINION AND ORDER

NEWCOMER, Senior District Judge.

This is an intervened qui tam action in which relief under the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., the Public Contracts Anti-Kickback Act (“AKA”), 41 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., and the common law is sought. 1 Presently before this Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss.

I. Procedural History

Plaintiffs, Relators Hunt, Gauger, and Piacentile, and the United States Government, 2 allege that Defendant Medco 3 systematically defrauded the Government through its relationship with Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (“Blue Cross”), a health…