March 11, 2019
“Providers hope for Stark overhaul to boost value-based payment”
Phillips & Cohen partner Peter Chatfield contributed the fraud-fighter’s perspective to a Modern Healthcare article about possible pending changes to the Stark Law, a key regulation that penalizes...
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March 01, 2019
Adventist Health System whistleblowers Gloria Pryor, Michael Payne and Melissa Church’s story
Gloria Pryor, Michael Payne and Melissa Church, former employees of an Adventist hospital in North Carolina, joined together to file a qui tam lawsuit alleging that Adventist Health System paid doctors...
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Community Health Systems Whistleblower Robert Baker’s story
Robert Baker alleged in a qui tam whistleblower lawsuit that Community Health System (CHS) was engaged in a scheme to improperly increase Medicaid payments to its three hospitals in New Mexico. CHS paid...
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February 26, 2019
Five Phillips & Cohen partners named to “Leading Lawyers in America” list
Washington, DC, February 26, 2019 – Lawdragon has named five partners with Phillips & Cohen LLP to its annual “500 Leading Lawyers in America” list based on their work representing whistleblowers....
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February 20, 2019
“New Justice Dept. policies, new AG may mute False Claims Act whistleblowers”
Phillips & Cohen partners John Phillips and Peter Chatfield weigh in on the possible implications of William P. Barr becoming US Attorney General for the enforcement of the False Claims Act. “There...
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February 08, 2019
Sprint’s $330 million settlement with New York sets record for state false claims cases
Sprint’s recent $330 million settlement with the New York State Attorney General’s Office set a record for the largest settlement for a single state under a state’s false claims law. The settlement,...
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“HCA Fights Revival of Kickback Suit Over Office Building Deals”
Phillips & Cohen partner Edward Arens provides his perspective as a whistleblower attorney on a qui tam case against hospital giant HCA alleging kickbacks and violations of the Stark Act. It’s common...
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February 07, 2019
FCC creates a new division to fight fraud in Universal Service Fund programs
The Federal Communications Commission has stepped up its efforts to combat waste, fraud and abuse in Universal Service Fund programs by establishing a fraud division within the FCC Enforcement Bureau....
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January 31, 2019
“SEC’s Misguided ‘Solution’ In Search Of A Problem: Proposed Rule Would Hurt Whistleblower Program”
In a post for New York University Law School’s Compliance and Enforcement blog, Phillips & Cohen partner Sean McKessy lays out his thoughts on the SEC’s proposed changes to its whistleblower...
January 28, 2019
“The Personal Toll of Whistle-Blowing”
Phillips & Cohen attorney Peter Budetti provided expert insight for The New Yorker in a story about becoming a whistleblower in the healthcare industry. Mr. Budetti – a former deputy administrator...
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