Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Jack Obeydean SWAFFORD, also known as Dean J. Swafford, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BORGESS MEDICAL CENTER, a nonprofit Michigan corporation; Advanced Vascular Surgery, P.C., a Michigan professional corporation, Jain Krishna, M.D.; John Munn, M.D.; Eugene Simoni, M.D.; John T. Collins, Jr., M.D. and Randy Smejkal, M.D., P.C., Jr., M.D., a Michigan corporation; John T. Collins, Jr., M.D.; Randy Smejkal, M.D.; James McLaren, M.D.; Healthcare Midwest General & Surgeons, also known as Healthcare Midwest, P.C., a Michigan corporation; Mark Tagett, M.D.; Philip Borozan, M.D.; Solomon K. Samuels, M.D., P.C., a Michigan corporation; Solomon K. Samuels; Padraic Carmody, M.D.; Vascular Specialists, P.C., a Michigan corporation; Karim Abedel Abushmaies, M.D.; M. Abidur Rahman, M.D., jointly and severally, Defendants-Appellees, and Bronson Methodist Hospital, a nonprofit corporation, Defendant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-12-12
Citations: 24 F. App'x 491
Docket Number: No. 00-1288
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Jack Obeydean SWAFFORD, also known as Dean J. Swafford, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BORGESS MEDICAL CENTER, a nonprofit Michigan corporation; Advanced Vascular Surgery, P.C., a Michigan professional corporation, Jain Krishna, M.D.; John Munn, M.D.; Eugene Simoni, M.D.; John T. Collins, Jr., M.D. and Randy Smejkal, M.D., P.C., Jr., M.D., a Michigan corporation; John T. Collins, Jr., M.D.; Randy Smejkal, M.D.; James McLaren, M.D.; Healthcare Midwest Gener al & Surgeons, also known as Healthcare Midwest, P.C., a Michigan corporation; Mark Tagett, M.D.; Philip Borozan, M.D.; Solomon K. Samuels, M.D., P.C., a Michigan corporation; Solomon K. Samuels; Padraic Carmody, M.D.; Vascular Specialists, P.C., a Michigan corporation; Karim Abedel Abushmaies, M.D.; M. Abidur Rahman, M.D., jointly and severally, Defendants-Appellees, and Bronson Methodist Hospital, a nonprofit corporation, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 24
Pages: 491–492

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Jack Obeydean SWAFFORD, also known as Dean J. Swafford, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BORGESS MEDICAL CENTER, a nonprofit Michigan corporation; Advanced Vascular Surgery, P.C., a Michigan professional corporation, Jain Krishna, M.D.; John Munn, M.D.; Eugene Simoni, M.D.; John T. Collins, Jr., M.D. and Randy Smejkal, M.D., P.C., Jr., M.D., a Michigan corporation; John T. Collins, Jr., M.D.; Randy Smejkal, M.D.; James McLaren, M.D.; Healthcare Midwest Gener al & Surgeons, also known as Healthcare Midwest, P.C., a Michigan corporation; Mark Tagett, M.D.; Philip Borozan, M.D.; Solomon K. Samuels, M.D., P.C., a Michigan corporation; Solomon K. Samuels; Padraic Carmody, M.D.; Vascular Specialists, P.C., a Michigan corporation; Karim Abedel Abushmaies, M.D.; M. Abidur Rahman, M.D., jointly and severally, Defendants-Appellees, and Bronson Methodist Hospital, a nonprofit corporation, Defendant.
No. 00-1288.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Dec. 12, 2001.
Before BOGGS, DAUGHTREY, and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.
The Honorable Jerome Farris, Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Jack Obeydean Swafford, a/k/a Dean J. Swafford, appeals the district court's summary judgment of his qui tam complaint against defendants, under the False Claims Act, 37 U.S.C. § 3729, on behalf of the federal government. We review de novo the district court's grant of summary judgment. See Campbell v. Grand Trunk W. R. Co., 238 F.3d 772, 775 (6th Cir.2001). We affirm for the reasons stated in the district court's opinion.
On the record before us, we find no error in the granting of summary judgment:
1) Services falling below a requisite standard of care, without more, is insufficient to state a claim for government reimbursement of venous ultrasound testing services. See, e.g., Hagood v. Sonoma County Water Agency, 81 F.3d 1465, 1478 (9th Cir.1996).
2) The venous ultrasound reports were not knowingly fraudulent. See, e.g., Hindo v. University of Health Sciences, 65 F.3d 608, 613 (7th Cir.1995).
3) Disputes as to the interpretation of regulations do not implicate False Claims Act liability. See, e.g., Hagood, 81 F.3d at 1477.
AFFIRMED.