United States ex rel. Upton v. Family Health Network, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

AMY J. ST. EVE, District Judge.

On behalf of the United States and the State of Illinois, Relators Gloria Upton (“Upton”), Barbara Ellis-Steele (“Ellis-Steele”), Rene Kennedy (“Kennedy”), and Lourdes Acosta (“Acosta”) (collectively “Relators”) have brought this qui tarn action against Defendants Family Health Network, Inc. (“Family Health”), Philip Bradley, (“Bradley”), and Barbara Hay (“Hay”) (collectively, “Defendants”) for violation of the federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a) (the “federal FCA”) (Count I) and the Illinois False Claims Act, 740 ILCS…