February 18, 2025
Saint Vincents Catholic Medical Centers Pays $29 Million to Resolve DOD Fraud Allegations
Washington, DC— SVCMC Inc., formerly known as Saint Vincents Catholic Medical Centers of New York (“Saint Vincents”), one of six healthcare systems and medical clinics alleged to have fraudulently...
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January 23, 2025
False Claims Act Recoveries in Fiscal Year 2024 Exceeded $2.9 Billion and Whistleblowers Filed a Record Number of New Cases
False Claims Act Recoveries 2024: A Record-Breaking Year The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a monumental achievement: recoveries under the False Claims Act (FCA) exceeded $2.9 billion...
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January 16, 2025
“DOJ Recovered Over $2.9 Billion in 2024 False Claims Act Suits”
Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie spoke to Bloomberg Law about the Department of Justice recovering over $29 billion in 2024 from False Claims Act lawsuits. The increase in cases filed over...
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“Outlook 2025: Look for MA Cases Based on Claim Denials; Incoming DOJ May Tweak Guidance”
Report on Medicare Compliance talked to Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie about a recent court decision now being challenged in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. “What matters...
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January 08, 2025
New Report Examines What Makes a Successful Whistleblower Reward Program
RUSI Report highlights benefits of whistleblower reward programs Last month the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a British think tank engaged in research on defense, security, and international...
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December 20, 2024
Independent Health and Subsidiaries to Pay Up to $98 Million to Settle Medicare Advantage Risk-Adjustment Fraud Lawsuit
San Francisco—Independent Health Association, Independent Health Corp., its subsidiary DxID LLC, and the former CEO of DxID Betsy Gaffney will pay up to $98 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit...
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December 19, 2024
“CFTC Risks Running Out of Money to Pay Whistleblowers Their Cut”
Phillips & Cohen partner Chris Ehrman spoke to Bloomberg about the CFTC possibly running out of money to pay whistleblowers. The article reads: “I don’t think people anticipated penalties would...
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December 13, 2024
CFTC Has Record-Setting Year in Monetary Recoveries; Whistleblowers Responsible for Approximately $162 Million
In a record-setting year, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained monetary relief of over $17.1 billion in fiscal year 2024. This was the agency’s largest yearly total ever, and included...

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December 06, 2024
Statement: DOJ’s Whistleblower Pilot Program Received over 250 Tips from Whistleblowers to Combat Fraud
Washington, DC—The Department of Justice has received over 250 whistleblower tips to its new whistleblower pilot program, according to DOJ’s Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Marshall Miller....

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SEC Brings in a Record-Setting $8.2 Billion from Enforcement Actions in FY 2024; 47 Whistleblowers Contribute
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) collected a historic $8.2 billion in civil penalties and disgorgement funds from successful enforcement actions in fiscal year 2024, the highest amount...

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