United States Ex. Rel. Lam v. Tenet Healthcare Corp.

ORDER

CARDONE, District Judge.

On this day, this Court considered Defendant Tenet Healthcare Corporation’s Motion to Dismiss (“Def.’s Motion”). For the reasons set forth herein, Defendant’s Motion is DENIED in part and GRANTED in part.

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Outlier System

The Government provided the following summary of the outlier program in its Statement of Interest, which this Court now includes for purposes of placing the instant action in context. However, this Court does not expressly adopt this characterization of the outlier system.

Congress established the Medicare Trust Fund to protect the…