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UPMC waves off agreement that would bring 5 years of federal tracking

Pittsburgh, PA (March 23, 2023) - As part of an $8.5 million settlement with the government involving allegations of fraud against a star...

UPMC, head of cardiothoracic surgery will pay $8.5M to feds to settle lawsuit

Pittsburgh, PA (February 27, 2023) - UPMC, a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon there and a physicians group will pay the federal government...

UPMC agrees to pay $8.5 million to settle whistleblower lawsuit filed by former surgeon

Pittsburgh, PA (February 27, 2023) - UPMC and James Luketich, MD, chair of UPMC’s Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and UPMC’s...

Hospital, top surgeon to pay $8.5 mln in whistleblower suit over simultaneous surgeries

Reuters (February 27, 2023) - The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the head of its cardiothoracic surgery department have...

US government suit against UPMC and star surgeon moves forward

Pittsburgh, PA (July 7, 2022) - Today marked a major step forward in an explosive whistleblower lawsuit against University of Pittsburgh...

Whistleblower suit against UPMC, physician group will proceed, judge rules

(July 8, 2022) - A federal judge rejected the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's bid to dismiss a whistleblower lawsuit against...

Feds in rare battle with UPMC, star doctor after national scandal over risks of concurrent surgeries

After national scandal over risks of concurrent surgeries, hospitals launched critical reforms Pittsburgh, PA (October 10, 2021) -- Dr....

United States Files Suit Against UPMC, Its Physician Practice Group, and the Chair of Its Department

PITTSBURGH, PA – The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center...

U.S. Supreme Court won't hear UPMC appeal in whistleblower lawsuit

Pittsburgh, PA (May 20, 2020) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by UPMC in a whistleblower lawsuit against the...