Last month, the Justice Department announced that Health Management Associates, formerly a U.S. hospital chain headquartered in Naples, Florida, will pay over $260 million to resolve charges that HMA knowingly billed government health care programs for inpatient services that should have been billed as outpatient or observation services, paid remuneration to physicians in return for… Read more »
Michael A. Morse authored “Understanding Whistleblowers: Best Practices for Compliance Professionals” which was published in November Compliance Today, a publication of the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA). Reprint permission granted. Related Information: Understanding Whistleblowers: Best Practices for Compliance
US ex rel Amy Bergman v. Abbott Laboratories US, et al, ex rel. Mason, Folstad, and MEMA v. HMA and EmCare US ex rel Miller & Metts v. HMA, et. al
Marc Stephen Raspanti will be speaking at a False Claims Act Enforcement Roundtable on September 27, 2018 from 4:00-6:30pm in Miami, Florida. This event is being co-hosted by Pietragallo, Morgan Lewis, the Florida chapter of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association, and the American Bar Association Qui Tam Subcommittee for a discussion on False Claims Act… Read more »
Marc Stephen Raspanti will be presenting “30 Years in the Trenches: A False Claims Act Litigator’s Unique Perspectives” at the Kentucky Health Law Institute in Lexington, KY.
Michael A. Morse authored “What Compliance Officers Should Know About State False Claims Acts” which was published in September 2018 Compliance Today, a publication of the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA). Reprint permission granted. Related Information: What Compliance Officers Should Know About State False Claims Acts
Marc S. Raspanti will be speaking at the American Bar Association’s 28th Annual National Institute on Health Care Fraud on Thursday, May 3, 2018 at the Hotel Nikko, San Francisco, California. He will be presenting on Negotiating False Claims Act Settlements and Mediation.
Marc Stephen Raspanti will be presenting on the False Claims Act panel for the Federal Courts Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association. The title of his panel will be “The FCA in 2018: A Brave New World.” This will take place on April 18, 2018 at the Philadelphia Bar Association from 12:00pm – 1:30pm.
Marc Stephen Raspanti will present, “What Will the Future Bring? New Theories, New Claims, New Cases,” at the American Conference Institute’s 5th Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Litigation.
CHARLOTTE, NC, December 19, 2017 – The United States Department of Justice today announced that EMCARE will pay more than $30 million ($29.8 million plus accruing interest) to the Federal Government and six states to settle a whistleblower lawsuit filed by Drs. Mason and Folstad, and their practice, Mid-Atlantic Emergency Medical Associates, PA (“MEMA”). EMCARE was… Read more »