United States Ex Rel. Davis v. Long's Drugs, Inc.

OPINION

ENRIGHT, District Judge.

This case presents the question of whether claims presented to a state agency in accord with the Federal Medicaid program, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., are claims against the United States government within the meaning of the Federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 231 et seq. The instant action is brought by a private individual, Ronald H. Davis, on behalf of the United States government under the Federal False Claims Act to recover for alleged fraudulent claims submitted by defendants under the state Medicaid program popularly known as MediCal. (California Welfare…