United States of America, Appellant/cross-Appellee v. George O. Krizek, M.D., Appellees/cross-Appellants

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• holding that number of claims under Act based upon submission of HCFA-1500 forms
• holding an aggravated form of gross negligence, or “gross negligence-plus,” is equivalent to reckless disregard for purposes of FCA
• declining to reach the defendant’s Excessive Fines Clause argument after vacating on other grounds “in keeping with the principle that courts should avoid unnecessarily deciding constitutional questions”
• noting that at least “aggravated gross negligence” or “an extreme version of ordinary negligence” is necessary un- (continued...) 7 No. 06-20740 Instead, “knowingly” is defined in the FCA as including three separate meanings: (1) “actual knowledge”; (2
• defining “reckless disregard” to be something akin to aggravated gross negligence — i.e., “an extreme version of ordinary negligence” or “gross negligence-plus”
• noting three days for which the Krizeks billed for more than twenty-four hours per day

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