Qui Tam/False Claims Act

False Claims Act Cases Against Hospital Corporations

November 5, 2018

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 »

Understanding Whistleblowers: Best Practices For Compliance Professionals

October 29, 2018

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

Recent Whistleblower Settlements

October 26, 2018

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

False Claims Act Enforcement Roundtable

September 27, 2018

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 »

Kentucky Health Law Institute 2018

September 13, 2018

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.

What Compliance Officers Should Know About State False Claims Acts

September 4, 2018

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

ABA 28th Annual National Institute on Health Care Fraud

May 3, 2018

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.

Federal Courts Committee FCA Panel

April 18, 2018

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.

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