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 »
Marc Stephen Raspanti will present, “Your Company Has Been Served With a Civil Investigative Demand: Now What,” at the Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Institute’s 3rd Annual Conference.
Marc Stephen Raspanti will be speaking at the Fraud and Compliance Forum. His topic for presentation is on Medical Necessity and The False Claims Act. His co-presenters include John-David H. Thomas, J. Reginald Hill, and Jessica Sievert. The name of the presentation is titled, “Medical Necessity and the False Claims Act – Lions and Tigers and… Read more »
The Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) industry is the Goliath of healthcare. PBMs have a huge impact on prescription healthcare that is little understood outside of the pharmacy industry. According to a November 2016 report, PBMs in the United States have revenues of $423 billion, they experienced 11-16% growth between 2011 and 2016, and they employ… Read more »
A recent news article in the New York Times, “The Bounty Hunter of Wall Street,” featured Andrew Left, an “activist” short seller who receives leaked documents and other intelligence about publicly-traded companies from confidential sources. Armed with this information, short sellers leak negative information to the press. When the information negatively impacts the target company’s… Read more »
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Allergan, Inc., has agreed to pay $13 million to the United States and 19 States to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it engaged in a kickback scheme in violation of multiple federal and state laws. The suit, filed and litigated by the Philadelphia law firm Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti and Chicago… Read more »