Legal Opinion
United States v. Catholic Health Initiatives
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided May 16, 2018No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:17–CV–1817PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HON. KEITH P. ELLISON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
This qui tam action under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. , alleges two unlawful schemes by St. Luke's Health System ("System") in connection with its hospital in Sugar Land, Texas. The System launched the hospital with partial physician ownership. In 2011, after several years of poor performance and an intervening change in the law, the System decided to buy out the physician-investors and change the hospital's ownership structure. Relators are three physicians who were among the earliest investors and resisted the System's…
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