U.S. EX REL. DRESCHER v. HIGHMARK, INC.

No. 03-CV-4883.

305 F.Supp.2d 451 (2004)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel. Elizabeth DRESCHER, Plaintiff, v. HIGHMARK, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

February 20, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell R. Kreindler, Kreindler & Associates, P.C., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff.

Nancy L. Griffin, Patricia D. Gugin, Virginia A. Gibson, U.S. Attorney's Office, Philadelphia, PA, Stanley Alderson, U.S. Department Justice, Washington, DC, for Intervenor Plaintiff.

Andrew J. Soven, Reed Smith, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Kathleen E. Karelis, W. Jay Devecchio, Miller & Chevalier, Washington, DC, W. Thomas McGough, Jr., Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The United States of America and relator Elizabeth Drescher filed this qui tam action against Highmark, Inc. ("Highmark") for violations of the False Claims Act1 ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1), for recovery of Medicare overpayments pursuant to the Medicare Secondary Payer Statute ("MSP"), 42 U.S.C. § 1395y(b)(2)(B)(ii), and...

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