093439P.pdf   07/30/2010  United States ex rel  v.  Health Management Systems, Inc
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-3439
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Arnold, Author, with Loken and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - False Claims Act. District court erred in finding it did not
   have jurisdiction over relators' qui tam action under the False Claims Act
   as the previously-disclosed administrative documents that relators relied
   upon did not disclose the essential elements of their claims; because the
   plain language of Iowa Code Sec. 147.136 and the legislature's apparent
   intent support a conclusion that a plaintiff in a medical malpractice case
   cannot recover costs already paid by the government, the defendants had
   a reasonable basis in law for their position that they were not obligated to
   seek reimbursement, and relators' allegations that defendants were
   violating the False Claims Act by seeking federal funds for medical care
   resulting from medical negligence without seeking reimbursement from
   the tortfeasors failed to state a claim.