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Becker's Hospital Review
- May 29
Pennsylvania system to pay $735K to settle physician whistleblower suit
DuBois, Pa.-based Penn Highlands Healthcare has agreed to pay the federal government $735,000 to resolve a whistleblower suit alleging...
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Stone Law Firm
- May 13
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Agrees to Pay $38 Million to Resolve Whistleblower Claims AllegingViolations of the Physician Self-Referral Law
PITTSBURGH, PA, (May 9, 2024) - On behalf of their clients, Stone Law Firm, LLC, Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd LLC, Simpson Law Firm, LLC,...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- May 13
UPMC to pay $38 million to settle whistleblower lawsuit
Pittsburgh, PA (May 10, 2024) - UPMC will pay $38 million to settle a 12-year-old whistleblower lawsuit that alleged that some of its...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Mar 23, 2023
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...
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Pittsburgh Tribune Review
- Feb 27, 2023
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...
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WPXI
- Feb 27, 2023
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...
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Reuters
- Feb 27, 2023
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...
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WPXI
- Jul 10, 2022
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...
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Becker's ASC Review
- Jul 8, 2022
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...
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Sean D. Hamill
- Oct 10, 2021
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....
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US DOJ
- Sep 2, 2021
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...
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Kris Mamula
- May 1, 2020
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...
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Kris Mamula
- Dec 27, 2019
UPMC whistleblower lawsuit can proceed, appellate court reaffirms
An appellate court backed reinstatement of a whistleblower lawsuit against UPMC and about a dozen of its neurosurgeons, which was thrown...
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Kris Mamula
- Sep 18, 2019
Appellate court revives whistleblower lawsuit against UPMC, neurosurgeons
By Kris B. Mamula / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A whistleblower lawsuit that was filed against UPMC over bonuses for its neurosurgeons has...
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Law360
- Sep 18, 2019
3rd Circ. Revives FCA Suit Over UPMC Neurosurgery Referrals
Law360 (September 17, 2019, 7:31 PM EDT) -- The Third Circuit on Tuesday revived three whistleblowers' claims that the University of...
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US DOJ
- Jun 28, 2018
Varicose Vein Treatment Company Agrees to Pay $1,205,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
For Immediate Release - Varicose Vein Treatment Company Agrees to Pay $1,205,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations PITTSBURGH –...
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Law360
- Feb 9, 2018
Hospice Co. Pays $1.2M To Settle 2 Whistleblower Suits
Law360 (February 8, 2018, 9:45 PM EST) -- The federal government has settled two suits with a Pennsylvania hospice care provider for a...
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Erie Times
- Nov 14, 2017
Erie's UPMC Hamot settles lawsuit for $20.7 million
Claims, made before hospital’s affiliation with UPMC, concerned financial relationship with a cardiology practice. Erie, PA -A $20.7...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Nov 10, 2017
Erie hospital, physicians' practice settle lawsuit for $20.7 million
Erie-based UPMC Hamot and cardiology practice Medicor Associates Inc. have agreed to pay the U.S. government $20.7 million to settle a...
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Law 360
- Mar 15, 2017
Whistleblower Gets Partial Win In Hospital Kickback Suit
A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled in favor of a whistleblower Wednesday, finding that two agreements between a set of doctors and a...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Jul 29, 2016
Overly complex surgeries alleged in lawsuits against former UPMC surgeon
David Atteberry is among about a dozen doctors named in a whistleblower lawsuit that was filed against hospital giant UPMC in 2012 over...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Jul 28, 2016
UPMC, affiliates agree to pay $2.5 million in false claims settlement
Starting in 2006, UPMC’s neurosurgical practice enjoyed “astonishing” growth, becoming the single highest-grossing physician group of its...
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Law 360
- Jul 27, 2016
UPMC Inks $2.5M Deal To Settle Neurosurgery FCA Claims
Law360, New York (July 27, 2016, 6:44 PM EDT) -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has agreed to pay more than $2.5 million to...
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