Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Hixson v. Health Management Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 30, 2010No. 95-2843PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Attorneys J. Russell Hixson and Terrence Brown filed this qui tam 1 action on behalf of the United States against Health Management Services (HMS) and ACS State Healthcare, two companies that contracted to perform work for Iowa’s Medicaid program, and against two employees of the Iowa Department of Health Services. The relators claimed that the defendants violated the False Claims Act (FCA), see 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, by obtaining federal funds to pay for medical care resulting from medical negligence without seeking reimbursement from the tortfeasors as federal law…
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