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
The Anti-Kickback Statute and medical kickbacks
Why are pharmaceutical & medical kickbacks prohibited? The False Claims Act offers whistleblowers an effective way to expose and stop pharmaceutical and medical kickbacks in the healthcare system....

January 04, 2017
Adventist Health System whistleblower complaint and resources
Phillips & Cohen’s whistleblower complaint against Adventist Health System — United States, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas ex rel. Payne , Church and Pryor v. Adventist Health...
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January 01, 2017
DaVita Whistleblower David Barbetta’s Story
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 30, 2016
One major shortcoming of the IRS whistleblower program: IRS agents
The power individual IRS agents have over the decision to grant whistleblower awards is one of the key “inadequacies” of the IRS’s lackluster whistleblower program, according to Phillips & Cohen...
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December 27, 2016
Yield-burning Whistleblower Michael Lissack
Michael Lissack, a former investment banker for Smith Barney, was represented by Phillips & Cohen attorneys in a qui tam lawsuit he filed against more than 20 Wall Street banking firms. He alleged...
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December 27, 2016
Texas Hospital Whistleblower Robert E. McCaslin Jr.
Phillips & Cohen represented Robert McCaslin, a hospital billing department employee, in a qui tam lawsuit against his former employer, Harris County Hospital District of Houston, Texas, for Medicare...
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December 27, 2016
Pfizer (Bextra) Whistleblower John Kopchinski
Phillips & Cohen LLP represented John Kopchinski in a qui tam lawsuit against Pfizer Inc. that alleged the company was engaged in the off-label marketing of Bextra, a painkiller, in dangerous doses...
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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...