United States of America, Ex Rel. Toni Lee v. Fairview Health System

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Qui tarn relator Toni Lee appeals from the district court’s 1 decision denying leave to amend her complaint. We affirm.

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In January 2002, Lee brought a qui tam False Claims Act suit against Fairview Health System. Lee, who had previously worked as a physical therapist at various Fairview facilities, alleged that Fairview had submitted a number of false Medicare and Medicaid claims by incorrectly billing services provided by athletic trainers and massage therapists as physical therapy services, improperly supervising physical therapy assistants, and wrongly allowing…