January 04, 2017
Whistleblower (‘qui tam’) case against DaVita alleging kickbacks to doctors – Resources
DaVita has agreed to pay the government more than $400 million to settle civil charges alleging DaVita paid doctors kickbacks so that they would refer patients to DaVita’s dialysis centers. The total...
January 04, 2017
Anti-Kickback Statute & Stark Law: A Whistleblower’s Guide to Kickbacks in Healthcare
What is the Anti-Kickback Statute? Under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, a company commits fraud when it offers doctors and other healthcare providers financial incentives to use the company’s products...
January 01, 2017
DaVita Dialysis Lawsuit: David Barbetta’s Whistleblower Case
DaVita whistleblower David Barbetta alleged in a qui tam case that DaVita paid doctors hidden kickbacks as a way to get patient referrals for its dialysis clinics and to reduce or eliminate competition...
December 27, 2016
HCA Hospitals Whistleblower James Alderson
James F. Alderson, a client of Phillips & Cohen, was a financial officer with a Montana hospital when he was told that the hospital’s management company routinely filed fraudulent cost reports with...
December 27, 2016
Glaxo Whistleblower Matthew Burke
Phillips & Cohen represented GlaxoSmithKline whistleblowers Matthew Burke and his co-relator in a qui tam case against GlaxoSmithKline that helped win a record-setting settlement of $3 billion from...
December 27, 2016
Judith King: A Whistleblower in Nursing
Judith King, a registered nurse, was a heart transplant coordinator at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego. Phillips & Cohen brought a qui tam lawsuit against her employer on her behalf, alleging...
December 27, 2016
C.R. Bard Whistleblower Julie Darity’s Story
Phillips & Cohen represented Julie Darity in a qui tam lawsuit against her former employer C.R. Bard Inc. that alleged the company was offering illegal kickbacks to entice doctors and hospitals to...
December 27, 2016
Lack of Medical Necessity and the False Claims Act
Unnecessary medical care provided to patients — often referred to as a lack of medical necessity — not only defrauds Medicare and Medicaid, it also can seriously harm patients. Medical necessity...
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December 27, 2016
Medical devices – off-label marketing, kickbacks and whistleblowers
Whistleblowers have exposed off-label marketing of medical devices, kickbacks to doctors and other improper sales and marketing tactics used by medical device companies that violate the False Claims Act...
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December 27, 2016
Medical Loss Ratio Fraud
Whistleblowers are essential for stopping medical loss ratio (MLR) fraud. They can do this by filing a “qui tam” (whistleblower) lawsuit. MLR fraud takes many forms, but usually involves reporting...
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