Legal Opinion
United States v. Kernan Hospital
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided July 30, 2012No. Civil Action No. RDB -11-2961PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum Opinion
RICHARD D. BENNETT, District Judge.
The United States Government has filed this False Claims Act1 case alleging that the Defendant Kernan Hospital of Baltimore, Maryland, orchestrated a scheme whereby it inappropriately and fraudulently coded malnutrition as a secondary diagnosis in order to increase its federally funded health care reimbursement. Kernan Hospital has moved, by separate motion, to dismiss the Government’s Complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) and Rule 9(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This Court has reviewed the record, as well as the pleadings and…
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