September 10, 2020
“Wheeling Hospital agrees to $50 million settlement with DOJ”
The Intelligencer writes about Wheeling Hospital’s $50 million settlement of Phillips & Cohen’s qui tam case that alleged kickbacks and Stark Law violations. “Intimidation is a scare tactic often...
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September 10, 2020
“Wheeling Hospital agrees to $50 million settlement concerning Medicare fraud claims”
Phillips & Cohen partner Amy Easton explains to MetroNews why the $50 million healthcare fraud settlement by a West Virginia hospital is noteworthy. “This case is significant for the amount that...
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September 10, 2020
“W.Va. Hospital pays $50M to end false claims, kickback suit”
In a Law360 article, Phillips & Cohen partner Jeffrey Dickstein criticizes Wheeling Hospital’s countersuit against his whistleblower client, who alleged in a qui tam lawsuit that the West Virginia...
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September 01, 2020
“Konica Minolta will pay $500K to settle lawsuit alleging EHR software flaws”
Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie tells Fierce Healthcare about her whistleblower client’s concerns regarding the alleged flaws in Viztek’s electronic health records software. Viztek...
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August 28, 2020
“Konica Minolta To Pay $500K Over Faked Health Program Cert.”
Phillips & Cohen partner Colette Matzzie explains why her client decided to blow the whistle in a Law360 story about the Konica Minolta Healthcare settlement of her qui tam case that alleged flaws...
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August 28, 2020
“Konica Minolta pays $500K to settle EHR whistleblower case”
Phillips & Cohen whistleblower attorneys Colette Matzzie and Luke Diamond tell Healthcare IT News about the methods and compelling reasons for addressing EHR fraud in an article about the $500,000...
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August 26, 2020
“Litigation funding attacks pose threat to qui tam cases”
Defense attorneys’ legal maneuvers to stop litigation funding are a cynical ploy to block whistleblower cases, say Phillips & Cohen associate Dave Jochnowitz and partner Steve Hasegawa. In an analysis...
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August 10, 2020
“INSIGHT: Dodd-Frank’s 10th Anniversary—Time for SEC Whistleblower Changes”
Changes are necessary for the SEC’s whistleblower program if its record of success is to continue, argues Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton in a Bloomberg Law article published for the 10th...
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July 20, 2020
“How A Compliance Chief Went From Ignored To Whistleblower”
Law360 quotes Phillips & Cohen partner Stephen Hasegawa about the challenging, unique considerations compliance officers face when blowing the whistle on misconduct. But despite the potential monetary...
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July 08, 2020
“How Dodd-Frank changed whistleblowing forever”
Investment news website ValueWalk highlights some recommendations Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton made at Fraud Fest, the Berkeley Center for Law and Business’s annual symposium, about...
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