Legal Opinion
George G. Griffon v. United States Department of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 14, 1986No. 85-4733PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner George Griffon was fined $44,-000 by an Administrative Law Judge (AU) for submitting 22 false claims to the Louisiana Medicaid program. The fine was imposed pursuant to provisions of the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (CMPL), 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a (1983), and of the implementing regulations issued by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 45 C.F.R. §§ 101.100-101.133 (1984). Griffon challenges the regulations and statute as applied to him. In particular, he challenges retroactive application of the CMPL to fraudulent acts committed…
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