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Thomas E. Parker, et al. v. Sea-Mar Community Health Center
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 20-35825 · judgment July 13, 2021
Certiorari denied · January 24, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Does a plaintiff state a claim under the False Claims Act by alleging a purposeful scheme to fraudulently double rates charged to Medicaid for pediatric dental patients by requiring patients to attend two separate appointments for their yearly six-month checkup, when only one is necessary and appropriate under the prevailing standard of care?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Philip Albert Talmadge
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 24 2022Petition DENIED.
- Jan 05 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.
- Nov 16 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 20, 2021)