False Claims Act ("lab unbundling")
"Lab unbundling" Lawsuit -- OHA, AHA v. Shalala, 1996
Complaint: Ohio Hospital Association and American Hospital Association v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services (No. 1:96-CV-2165) [government's misuse of False Claims Act] October 7, 1996
District Court Decision [dismissed the suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction] September 18, 1997
US Ct. of Appeals Decision [reversed district court on question of jurisdiction to grant declaratory
relief and remanded, December 1999] December 29, 1999
US Sup. Ct. [AHA opposition to the government's request for Supreme Court review of the 6th
Circuit Court decision] November 13, 2000; Review denied