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Pamela Brecht | Philadelphia Litigation Lawyer

Ms. Pamela Coyle Brecht

Ms. Pamela Coyle Brecht

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP

Litigation, Government, Health Care, "Commercial Litigation Government Enforcement, Compliance, & White Collar Litigation Health Care Internal Investigations Qui Tam & False Claims Act"

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About Pamela

PAMELA COYLE BRECHT is a partner at Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP. Ms. Brecht serves as Chair of the firm’s national Qui Tam/False Claims Act Practice Group. She is also experienced in white-collar criminal litigation, internal investigations, and complex health care litigation.

Ms. Brecht has litigated many of the most complex False Claims Act cases filed in the United States. Her cases have included alleged fraud by a large multi-state Medicaid managed care contractor, FCA violations by three of the largest hospital corporations in the country, and dissecting complex financial relationships among healthcare providers including Stark and Anti-Kickback issues. She has also litigated cases involving hospital fraud, emergency room fraud, medical device allegations, Medicare Part C and Part D fraud, government contractor fraud, laboratory fraud, as well as all types of pharmaceutical fraud. One of the whistleblower matters that Ms. Brecht has worked on was recognized in 2018 by The National Law Journal as one of the “Top 100 Verdicts.” The matter, Lutz v Health Diagnostics Laboratory, ranked as #39 on the list of highest verdicts throughout the nation for that year and came in at #2 for the highest verdicts coming out of Pennsylvania. In addition, Ms. Brecht has served as an expert witness related to alleged conduct involving potential exposure to government enforcement actions.

Ms. Brecht has been involved in the recovery of over $406.5 million for state and federal taxpayers and has litigated numerous high profile Qui Tam cases including:

United States of America et al v. BlueWave Healthcare Consultants Inc. resulting in a $114 million recovery
United States ex rel. Mason, Folstad, and MEMA v. HMA, et. al. resulting in a $74.5 million recovery and confidential settlement of Relators’ claims, believed to be the largest resolution of private claims stemming from retaliation
United States ex rel. Miller & Metts v. HMA, et. al. resulting in a $55 million recovery
United States, et al. ex rel. Lutz, et al. v. Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc., et al. resulting in a $47 million recovery from Health Diagnostic Laboratory and a $1.5 million recovery from Singulex, Inc
United States ex rel. Cho v. Surgery Partners Inc., et al. resulting in a $41 million recovery
United States ex rel. Mason, Folstad, and MEMA v. EMCARE, et. al. resulting in a $30 million recovery
United States ex rel. Baker v. Physician Partners of Am LLC resulting in a $24.5 million recovery
United States ex rel. Lutz et al. v. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings resulting in a $19 million recovery
Ms. Brecht received her Juris Doctorate from Temple University School of Law where she served on Temple Law Review. She also graduated on the Dean’s List and received honors for Distinguished Class Performance. Prior to Temple University School of Law, Ms. Brecht graduated cum laude from Villanova University, where she was a competitive Rower on The Women’s Crew Team. Ms. Brecht has also served as a Hearing Committee Member for the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Brecht is a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association Qui Tam Section, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Brehon Law Society, and the Justinian Law Society. She also serves on the Advisory Board for the Federal Bar Association’s Qui Tam Section. Ms. Brecht frequently speaks, writes, and lectures nationally on False Claims Act and health care fraud issues. She served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Hamline University School of Law in Minnesota and as a lecturer at Seton Hall University School of Law where she has taught a course in health care fraud. She is also an active member of her local church, she has supported parent organizations for the benefit of the United States Naval Academy and the United States Military Academy (including the Mule Riders program), from which two of her sons graduated, and she has also been a loyal supporter of Temple Men’s Crew.

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Admission

Verified Pennsylvania

1991

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Verified New Jersey

Education

Beasley School of Law, Temple University

J.D.

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court – Western District of Pennsylvania
Honors / Awards
  • Ms. Brecht has amassed many legal honors over the course of her 30-year career. Martindale-Hubbell® recognizes Ms. Brecht as an AV® Preeminent™ rated attorney, the highest such rating available to any individual lawyer in both legal ability and ethical standards. Ms. Brecht has been recognized by the and Chambers USA Guide in the area of False Claims Act: Plaintiff in USA-Nationwide. Ms. Brecht can also be found in the and editions of The Best Lawyers in America® for her work in Qui Tam Law and Health Care Law. In , the Philadelphia Business Journal selected Ms. Brecht in their “Best of the Bar” Awards for her distinguished legal performance in the field of “White-Collar Defense Litigation.”
    2024 / 2025 / 2025 / 2026 / 2019

Notable Work

Publications

BLOG: History is History – Qui Tam Provisions No FCA Mystery


BLOG: States Follow Federal Lawmakers in Bipartisan Focus on Private Equity


BLOG: Will the CFTC’s New Top Cop Usher in an Era of Increased Investigation and Related Rewards for Whistleblowers?


The Emergency Room—The Front Door to the Hospital (Fraud Schemes)?


The False Claims Act Whistleblower’s Private Claims and Early Resolution


BLOG: UK’s View Across the Pond at U.S. Whistleblower Program Success – Time to Incentivize Tipsters?


BLOG: Whistleblowers - A Powerful Antidote to Private Equity Abuses in Healthcare?


BLOG: Private Equity Brings Inequity to the ER


BLOG: A “Plaintiff-Friendly” Standard for SOX Whistleblowers – A Helping Hand for FCA Relators?


Laboratory Fraud: What Was Old is New Again


BLOG: PPP Loan Fraud at the Beach


The differences and similarities between American and Italian healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse laws: Part 3


The differences and similarities between American and Italian healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse laws: Part 2


The differences and similarities between American and Italian healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse laws: Part 1


BLOG: Calling Insiders With Information on Pandemic Fraud, Waste & Abuse


New on the False Claims Blog: Who Is Keeping Their Eyes on Government Spending at Home and Abroad?


BLOG: Who Is Keeping Their Eyes on Government Spending at Home and Abroad?


New on the False Claims Blog: Relator Swap Leads to Case “Droppa” Under the DRUPA


BLOG: Relator Swap Leads to Case “Droppa” Under the DRUPA


International Whistleblowing Legislation and America’s False Claims Act


Vive La Différence? American and French Healthcare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Laws


The Impact of International Whistleblowing on Global Corporate Compliance


You Didn’t Ask – 3rd Cir. Affirms DOJ Dismissal of Whistleblower Case Without a Hearing


BLOG: You Didn’t Ask – 3rd Cir. Affirms DOJ Dismissal of Whistleblower Case Without a Hearing


BLOG: Why the European Union Whistleblower Laws Are All Doomed To Fail


BLOG: European Union-Wide Whistleblower Protection: A Growing Trend?


BLOG: Germany Whistleblowing Reform Law


BLOG: Ontario, Canada Passes An Award Based Whistleblower Program


BLOG: Whistleblowing: The British Way


BLOG: French National Bank Pays Huge Fine


BLOG: The Fifth Circuit’s Determination of Prejudice With A Non-Intervening Government


BLOG: Mandatory Two Part Test for Implied Falsity as Decided by the Ninth Circuit


BLOG: The U.S. Attorney for Philadelphia Forges a Strike Force of Seasoned Prosecutors


BLOG: The Ninth Circuit Revives a False Claims Act Lawsuit Which Pleaded Collective Allegations


BLOG: Crime Can Pay if You Blow the Whistle


BLOG: New York Doctor Sentenced to Four Years in $100 Million Lab Kickback Scheme


PBMs – Goliaths of Healthcare Operating in the Shadows


Whistleblowers’ Should Seek Counsel – Not Line the Pockets of Short Sellers


Strategic Perspectives: Government Rekindles Concerns about CMS’ MAO Overpayments


Medicare Part D False Claims – Corporate Crime Reporter


A New Era Of Laboratory Fraud: Part 2


A New Era Of Laboratory Fraud: Part 1


Criminal Investigations Of Compounding Pharmacies On The Rise In

2016


A Philadelphia Federal Judge Gives Major Part D Case The Green Light


THE TAR HEEL STATE STEPS UP ITS FIGHT AGAINST FRAUD – PART II


THE TAR HEEL STATE STEPS UP ITS FIGHT AGAINST FRAUD


THE MINNESOTA FALSE CLAIMS ACT: IS IT MINNESOTA NICE?


THE EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS OF THE NEW JERSEY STATE FALSE CLAIMS ACT


THE ‘NEW’ NEW JERSEY FALSE CLAIMS ACT: IT WAS BORN TO RUN

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