Berdick v. United States

This case arises from the medical practice of plaintiff Kenneth Berdick, a physician in Florida who treated, almost exclusively, patients insured under the Supplemental Medical Insurance Program, 42 U.S.C. § 1395jj (1976), (Medicare). In 1976, Berdick was convicted before a Federal District Court on charges that he made false statements to the Government in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (1976).1 Berdick subsequently became a plaintiff in this court seeking, among other things, recovery of Medicare reimbursements on claims other than those on which he was convicted. The Government has…