A medical malpractice lawsuit that pitted high-profile UPMC surgeons against one other amid romantic entanglement, secret recordings and fraud allegations has settled. Details of the settlement were not disclosed in paperwork filed Jan. 5 to end the case in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. A spokesman for UPMC, one of
A cardiothoracic surgeon at UPMC who was at the center of a federal investigation is stepping aside as chair of the health system’s Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. James Luketich will continue to have a role within the health system, according to UPMC spokesman Paul Wood. Luketich will continue to
Dr. James Luketich, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh Physicians have settled with the United States government over a whistleblower lawsuit, brought in September 2021, that alleged fraudulent billing and unsafe surgical practices. Luketich, UPMC and UPP have agreed to pay $8.5 million to the Department of Justice to settle a lawsuit that was
A whistleblower alleged that University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and its chair of cardiothoracic surgery participated in and billed for up to three concurrent surgeries, risking patient harm and violating the False Claims Act.