UPMC and James L Luketich, MD, agreed to the fine to settle allegations that Luketich 'regularly performed as many as three, complex surgical procedures at the same time' and left critical parts of surgeries to subordinates.
The DOJ complaint stated that 'those practices amounted to violations of the statutes and regulations which prohibit ‘teaching physicians' from billing for 'concurrent surgeries,' (and) were well known to UPMC leadership...'
The settlement 'provides that it is neither an admission of liability by the Defendants nor a concession by the United States that its claims are not well founded.'
In a separate defamation suit, Luketich claims fomer colleague and alleged whistleblower Jonathan D'Cunha, MD, D'Cunda spread false rumors that Luketich was a drug addict and a danger to patients.
In turn, Luketich has accused D'Cunda of a 'sordid vendetta' to discredit him after Luketich confronted D'Cunda about his alleged romantic relationship with a medical resident at UPMC.
UPMC will pay the federal government $8.5 million to settle whistleblower false claims allegations, ending one chapter in a bitter, years-long feud between former physician-colleagues at the prestigious health system that reads like a script taken from "General Hospital."
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