360Dx, part of the GenomeWeb network, quoted Phillips & Cohen partner Peter Chatfield on the success of a jury trial that resulted from a whistleblower lawsuit, where one of the whistleblowers was represented by Mr. Chatfield. The jury found that former Health Diagnostic Laboratory CEO Tonya Mallory and two former HDL marketing partners were liable for Medicare fraud.
Under the False Claims Acts, damages are automatically trebled, and other penalties could be implemented in an amount yet to be determined by the court, Phillips & Cohen said.
Peter Chatfield, a partner at Phillips & Cohen, said in a statement that “the trial proved that the defendants continued to pay kickbacks even after they received a growing flood of warnings and corrected legal advice that showed [that the] defendants’ continuation of such payments was a knowing or reckless disregard of the law.”