Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. James M. Thompson v. Columbia/hca Healthcare Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 14, 1998No. 96-40868PublishedCited by 414 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
Relator, James M. Thompson, M.D., a physician in private practice in Corpus Christi, Texas, brought this qui tam action pursuant to the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., against defendants Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation and certain affiliated entities (collectively, “Columbia/HCA”) and Corpus Christi Bay Area Surgery, Ltd. The district court dismissed Thompson’s complaint for failure to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. For the reasons set out below, we affirm in part, vacate in part, and…
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