United States of America v. Dynamic Medical Systems, LLC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE No. 1:17-cv-01757 WBS SAB STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. THOMAS TURNER, Plaintiffs, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE:

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

v. DYNAMIC MEDICAL SYSTEMS, LLC;

JOERNS HEALTHCARE LLC; COVENANT

CARE CALIFORNIA LLC; MARINER

HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT COMPANY;

PLUM HEALTHCARE GROUP LLC; and

CAMBRIDGE HEALTHCARE SERVICES,

19 Defendants.

21 ----oo0oo---- 22 Relator Thomas Turner brings this qui tam action 23 against Covenant Care California, LLC (“Covenant”), Mariner 24 Health Care Management Company (“Mariner”), Plum Healthcare Group 25 LLC (“Plum”), and Cambridge Healthcare Services (“Cambridge”), 26 who manage skilled nursing facilities (collectively the “SNFs”); 27 and Dynamic Medical Systems LLC and Joerns Healthcare LLC, who 28 lease mattresses and bed frames to companies that manage skilled nursing facilities (collectively “Dynamic”1). (See generally Second Am. Compl. (Docket No. 141) (“SAC”).) Relator…