2022/08/18
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP is pleased to announce that 22 lawyers have been named as 2023 The Best Lawyers in America and 2023 Ones to Watch. Best Lawyers employs a sophisticated, conscientious, rational, and transparent survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services. Recognition by… Are Courts Still the Best Place to Litigate a Qui Tam Action?
2022/08/12
The Typical Qui Tam Case Life Cycle In a typical qui tam case, the sequence and life cycle follow a similar trajectory. The relator files a sealed qui tam complaint in a federal courthouse in the United States. While COVID has disrupted litigation, particularly complex False Claims Act (FCA) litigation, the basic case path still… Read more »
2022/07/13
Pietragallo partner Marc Raspanti will be joined by speakers Jon May and Gabriel Albu (Europe) to speak at the World Online Lawyers with Excellent Practice’s (WOLEP) webinar on Wednesday, July 13th at 10:30am EST. They will be taking on the topic of “Whistleblower statutes in the United States and the European Union – regulations, commonalities and differences, perspectives”. Some of the… Read more »
2022/06/01
The Medicare and Medicaid programs are exceedingly complex, and navigating the myriad statutes, regulations, rules, and guidance presents significant challenges for all healthcare providers and compliance professionals—even the United States Supreme Court has recognized that the Medicare program is a “complex and highly technical regulatory program.”[1] This job is sometimes made even more difficult because program… Read more »
2022/06/08
Pietragallo partner Pamela Coyle Brecht will be presenting virtually on “She Persisted: How Women Have Shaped False Claims Act Law” at the Federal Bar Association’s (FBA) 2022 Qui Tam Section Roundtable Discussion. This webinar will take place at 12:00pm EST on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Pam and her fellow panelists will focus on the innovative and critical contributions women… Read more »
2022/05/23
Pietragallo is pleased to announce that 16 lawyers have been named as 2022 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, including partner Marc Raspanti who was recognized in the Top 100 in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. Super Lawyers is a service of Thomson Reuters legal division which compiles a list of outstanding lawyers from more than 74 practice areas…. When Work-Life Balance is Underwater
2022/05/13
2022/04/12
TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2022 – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida and the Department of Justice announced today the settlement of four qui tam cases filed in Tampa. One of these whistleblower cases was filed by Dr. Sheldon Cho, a pain management physician and former employee of Florida Pain Relief Group, PLLC, and… Read more »
March 2, 2022
This is part 2 of a two-part article series. Part 1 was published in the February 2022 issue of Compliance Today and discussed the issues in the healthcare industry that led to the enactment of The Physician Payments Sunshine Act, it’s key statutory language, the potential penalties, and the Act’s evolution. The Physician Payments Sunshine… Read more »
2022/02/02
Part 2 of this article series will be published in the March 2022 issue of Compliance Today and focus on examples of enforcement actions and examine the future of transparency statutes. The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (PPSA) took effect in 2013.[1] It requires medical product manufacturers to disclose to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) payments… Read more »
