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9th Circ. Revives Whistleblower's Medicare Fraud Suit

By Lauren Berg · August 9, 2022, 7:46 PM EDT

The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday revived a whistleblower's suit alleging that medical device maker Kinetic Concepts Inc. flouted the False Claims Act by miscategorizing Medicare charges for wound therapy, saying the...

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Documents

Opinion

Case Information

Case Title

Steven Hartpence v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc., et al

Case Number

19-55823

Court

Appellate - 9th Circuit

Nature of Suit

3376 Qui Tam False Claims Act

Date Filed

July 18, 2019

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