Month: November 2015

Business arrangements between neuromonitoring companies and surgeons are raising concerns because of the impact those deals have on healthcare bills, according to a report from the Austin American-Statesman....

Peter Chatfield in Austin American-Statesman, 11/29/15. “Physicians feel the pressure, and they feel entitled to make more money after all of the years of school and sacrifice,” said Peter Chatfield,...

Still reeling from a massive bribery scandal that cost the government tens of millions of dollars, the US Navy is facing a new lawsuit that once again calls their oversight of contractors into question....

WASHINGTON, DC, November 23, 2015 – Washingtonian magazine named four Phillips & Cohen partners – Mary Louise Cohen, Erika Kelton, Peter Chatfield and Colette Matzzie – in its 2015...

HCA has reached a settlement in yet another Medicare fraud billing case brought by whistleblowers. The Justice Department, along with the state of Florida, announced last week that HCA Holdings Inc. will...

The SEC released its annual report on its Whistleblower Award Program, which showed whistleblower tips continued to increase in 2015. There were nearly 4,000 tips from 61 different countries in 2015, leading...

The Department of Justice and the Wisconsin Attorney General announced Wednesday that they reached an agreement to settle three separate False Claims Act lawsuits against Deaconess Home Health for $3.7...

Members of Congress and prosecutors have been raising the question of whether energy companies misled the public and their investors about the risks of climate change. Last month, House Democrats Ted Lieu...

The Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund awarded Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) the “Honest Abe Integrity in Government” award this week for his work defending whistleblowers and taxpayer funds....

A series of New York Times articles earlier this month brought increased public attention to a phenomenon that class action lawyers have been observing closely for many years and that is a concern for...