May 15, 2023
“FCA Chases ‘Shrewder’ Kickbacks As 50-Year Hunt Intensifies.”
Phillips and Cohen partners Stephen Hasegawa and Colette Matzzie talked to Law 360 about kickbacks in the healthcare industry and future kickback trends. “Manufacturers and providers … are...
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May 02, 2023
“SouthEast Eye Center Agrees To Pay $17 Million After Whistleblowers Filed Complaint”
Phillips and Cohen partner Amy Easton talked to the Chattanoogan about the $17 million settlement with SouthEast Eye Specialists for alleged violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-kickback statute....
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April 19, 2023
“Justices Appear Open to Whistleblowers’ Drug Fraud Arguments”
Phillips and Cohen partner Claire Sylvia discusses with Bloomberg News the oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court’s in US ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. case. “The Justices seemed to view...
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March 30, 2023
“LabCorp to pay $2.1 million to settle DOJ lawsuit for allegedly overbilling Defense Department”
Phillips and Cohen partner Peter Chatfield talked to CNBC about whistleblower Donna Hecker-Gross’ case against Labcorp: “She believed Labcorp was responsible for repaying all the overcharges,...
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March 20, 2023
“DOJ Again Deploys FCA in Cybersecurity Case; Florida Medicaid Contractor Was Hacked”
Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie discusses the connection between a cybersecurity failure and the False Claims Act with the newsletter, Report on Medicare Compliance: To connect the dots between...
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March 08, 2023
“UPMC Doc Can’t Get Surgery-Suit Whistleblower Sanctioned”
Phillips & Cohen partner Jeffrey Dickstein told Law 360 about whistleblower Dr. D’Cunha, saying, “Dr. D’Cunha stood up for patient safety. The government awarded Dr. D’Cunha...
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February 27, 2023
Hospital, top surgeon to pay $8.5 mln in whistleblower suit over simultaneous surgeries
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the head of its cardiothoracic surgery department have agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle claims that they fraudulently billed Medicare and Medicaid for complex...
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February 27, 2023
UPMC agrees to pay $8.5 million to settle whistleblower lawsuit filed by former surgeon
Phillips and Cohen partner Claire Sylvia spoke to Liz Kilmer of Pittsburgh’s WPXI-TV to discuss Phillips and Cohen’s $8.5 million settlement against UPMC. “The regulation here is a billing...
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October 20, 2022
Whistleblowers Eye Clearer Path Following Supreme Court Denials
Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie explains to Bloomberg Law that since the U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to weigh in on what makes a complaint adequate, the status quo outcome provides...
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October 19, 2022
“Five Lessons from the Five Years Since the eClinicalWorks Settlement”
Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie writes in HIStalk about the key lessons and trends since Phillips & Cohen’s ground-breaking whistleblower lawsuit against electronic health records vendor...