Filed 05/22/17 Page 6 of 33 PageID 5707 vi Medicare Enrollment Guidelines for Ordering/Referring Providers, CMS, ICN 906223 (Dec. 2015) ......................................................................................................... 9 Tex. Occup. Code § 162.001(b)(2) ............................................................................................ 14 Tex. Occup. Code § 162.001(b)(3) ............................................................................................ 19 Tex. Occup. Code § 162.0022 ................................................................................................... 19 Tex. Penal Code § 12.34 ........................................................................................................... 20 Case 3:12-cv-04457-N Document 339 Filed 05/22/17 Page 7 of 33 PageID 5708 1 BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT BRYAN K. WHITE’S MOTION TO DISMISS RELATORS’ SECOND AMENDED JOINT COMPLAINT Defendant Bryan K. White, M.D. (“White”) moves to dismiss the Relators’ Second Amended Joint Complaint (“SAJC”) in its entirety under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), 8(a) and 9(b). The SAJC, which hardly deviates from the Relators’ First Amended Joint Complaint (“FAJC”), alleges that defendants violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act (“TMFPA”) by participating in two purported schemes to pay illegal kickbacks in exchange for patient referrals in violation of the Medicare anti-kickback statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a–7b (“AKS”) and the St