Medicare & Medicaid Guide P 44,090 Stinson, Lyons & Bustamante, P.A. v. United States

PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Stinson, Lyons & Bustamante, P.A (Stin-son) appeals the decision of the United States Court of Federal Claims dismissing its complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 1 We affirm the dismissal.

BACKGROUND

Stinson, a law firm, while representing an accident victim in his dealings with the Provident Life and Accident Insurance Co. (Provident), learned of assertedly improper practices in Provident’s Medicare billing practices. Stinson brought a qui tam action under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729-33, in the United States District Court for the Southern…