United States Ex Rel. Sarasola v. Aetna Life Insurance

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

In United States ex rel. Body v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc., 156 F.3d 1098 (11th Cir.1998), we held that an insurance company occupying the role of “fiscal intermediary” in processing Medicare Part A claims is immune from liability, under 42 U.S.C. § 1395h(i)(3), in a qui tam suit brought under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a), for knowingly approving false or fraudulent Part A claims for payment by the United States government. The interlocutory appeal in this qui tam action presents the question of whether such immunity bars a claim that the…