Philip H. Sanderson v. Hca-The Healthcare Company Columbia Health Care Corporation Hospital Corporation of America and Healthtrust Inc.

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• holding that a complaint may be dismissed under Rule 9(b
• noting that plaintiffs cannot simply allege that claims “must have been submitted, were likely submitted, or should have been submitted to the Government”
• explaining that “at a minimum, Rule 9(b) requires that the plaintiff specify the ‘who, what, when, where, and how’ of the alleged fraud” (cleaned up)
• explaining that Rule 9(b) is satisfied so long as a plaintiff specifies “the who, what, when, where, and how’ of the alleged fraud”
• requiring plaintiffs to specify the “who, what, when, where, and how” of the alleged fraud
• describing the fraudulent claim as “the sine qua non of a False Claims Act violation”

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