America and France share many common ideals. The American Constitution is founded on the principle of government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” The French Constitution embodies this same principle in the ideals of “liberté, égalité, fraternité.” Based upon these shared values, our two countries have forged an indelible alliance through… Read more »
This is the first part of a two-part article. Over the last 33 years, whistleblowers have enjoyed historic success advancing claims under the United States’ False Claims Act (FCA). The United States government has recovered more than $62 billion as a result of both the FCA and the efforts of mostly domestic whistleblowers. Although the… Read more »
On Sept. 27, the U.S. Department of Justice announced criminal charges against 35 individuals across various jurisdictions, allegedly involved in genetic testing fraud schemes that cost taxpayers over $2.1 billion. The government asserted that the individuals had engaged in audacious schemes to target seniors and the disabled through the ordering of cancer genetic screening, or… Read more »
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP is pleased to announce the election of its newest partner: Frank Stoy. Bill Pietragallo said, “In recognition of and in response to their legal skills, committed industry and professional bearing, I am pleased to announce that Frank has been elected Partner of the Firm.” Mr. Stoy is a… Read more »
Individual liability continues to be at the forefront of criminal investigations and the litigation that often follows. Throughout the past five years, the U.S. Department of Justice’s edicts on individual culpability have varied in tone and rigidity, but the underlying focus on individuals has remained constant. On Sept. 9, 2015, former Deputy Attorney General Sally… Read more »
Kenneth Horoho co-authored “Spy or Not to Spy, the Do’s and Don’ts of Surveillance of a Cheating Spouse” with Phillip P. DiLucente for the Allegheny County Bar Association Lawyers Journal, Special Family Law Edition, October 25, 2019 Vol. 21, No. 22.
The United States recently filed a False Claims Act Complaint in Intervention against Florida-based compounding pharmacy Patient Care America (“PCA”), two PCA employees, as well as the private equity (“PE”) firm that acquired PCA and helped manage the company.1 The scheme alleged by the government was a common one: the payment of kickbacks for referrals… Read more »
What Happened: As federal payors move away, with increasing speed, from fee-for-service payments toward value-based payment reforms, CMS and HHS-OIG released, on October 9, 2019, proposed Stark Law Exceptions and Anti-Kickback Statute Safe Harbors to better permit health care providers to engage in coordinated care reimbursed by these value-based payments. The proposed Rules remove “potential… Read more »
Articles in this Issue: Superior Court of Pennsylvania Update Cybersecurity in the Construction Industry – It is not a matter of if, but when… Preparing for Pennsylvania’s Consumer Privacy Legislation The One Thing Construction Law, Star Wars, and The Avengers have in Common The Commonwealth Court Rules that a State Senator Lacks Standing to Prevent… Read more »
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (USAO E.D. Pa.) announced today that Dr. Glenn Kline, DO, a Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based general surgeon, together with his company, Community Surgical Associates, will pay $4.25 million, with interest, plus the whistleblowers’ attorney’s fees, to settle a longstanding Qui Tam lawsuit filed under the federal… Read more »