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UNITED STATES EX REL. JOHNSON v. HOSPICE

Case No. CV416-290.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel. JOLIE JOHNSON and DEBBIE HELMLY, and STATE OF GEORGIA ex rel. JOLIE JOHNSON and DEBBIE HELMLY, Relators, v. BETHANY HOSPICE AND PALLATIVE CARE OF COASTAL GEORGIA, LLC; BETHANY HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE, LLC; BETHANY BENEVOLENCE FUND, INC.; AVA BEST; M.D. THOMAS MILLER; M.D. JUSTIN HARRELL; M.D. DAVID ARNETT; M.D. STAN SINCLAIR; M.D. RICHARD WHEELER; BERKLEY M. "MAC" MACKEY; M.D. JOENIE ALMEIDA; M.D. BRIAN ANDERSON; MEMORIAL HEALTH, INC.; MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, INC.; PROVIDENT HEALTH SERVICES, INC.; MPPG, INC.; MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY PHYSICIANS, LLC; COMMUNITY HOSPICE HOLDINGS, LLC; SOUTHERN COMMUNITY HOSPICE CARE, INC.; SOUTHERN COMMUNITY HOSPICE INC.; VICKI RYLES; ROYCE RYLES; JASON COLBERT; M.D. JAMES L. RAY; M.D. PATRICK BYRNE; M.D. MISTY POOLE; HOSPICE SAVANNAH, INC.; THE STEWARD CENTER FOR PALLIATIVE CARE, INC.; HOSPICE SAVANNAH FOUNDATION, INC.; MONICA ANDERSON; BRUCE BARRAGAN; CHAD CARNELL; M.D. KELLY EROLA; M.D. LAURA FARLESS; M.D. MARTIN GREENBERG; DEBRA ANTHONY LARSON; AND APPLING HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC.; COMFORT CARE HOSPICE, LLC; RAY LEADBETTER; ANGIE POTTS; M.D. ERROL GRAHAM; SOUTHCOAST HEALTH SYSTEM; SOUTHCOAST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, LLC; SOUTHCOAST MEDICAL GROUP, LLC; M.D. THEODORE GEFFEN; M.D. THOMAS MORIARITY; PRUITT HEALTH INC.; PRUITTHEALTH HOSPICE, INC.; AND NEAL PRUITT, JR.; Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Georgia, Savannah Division.

July 25, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 31 U.S.C. § 3729
Cause: 31 U.S.C. § 3729 False Claims Act
Nature of Suit: 375 Other Statutes: False Claims Act
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jolie Johnson, Rel & Debbie Helmly, Rel, Plaintiffs, represented by Mike Bothwell , Bothwell Law Group.

Bethany Hospice and Palliative Care of Coastal Georgia, LLC, formerly known as Bethany Hospice of Coastal Gerogia, LLC, Bethany Hospice and Palliative Care, LLC, formerly known as Bethany Hospice, LLC, Bethany Benevolence Fund, Inc., Ava Best, M.D. Justin Harrell, M.D. David Arnett, M.D. Stan Sinclair, M.D. Richard Wheeler & Berkley M. "Mac" Mackey, Defendants, represented by Bryan K. Nowicki , Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c., pro hac vice, James L. Roberts, IV , Roberts Tate, LLC, Thomas M. Burnett , Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c., pro hac vice & Theresa Davis Beaton , Roberts Tate, LLC.

Southern Community Hospice, Inc., Defendant, pro se.

Coffee Regional Medical Center, Custodian, represented by Anthony A. Rowell , Hall Booth Smith, PC.

ORDER

Before the Court is Relators' Notice of Voluntary Dismissal. (Doc. 34.) Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(i), a plaintiff may dismiss an action by filing "a notice of dismissal before the opposing party serves either an answer or a motion for summary...

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