Former federal prosecutor Jeffrey W. Dickstein, a leading government lawyer in Medicare fraud cases, has joined the False Claims Act firm Phillips & Cohen LLP as a partner.
Jeffrey Dickstein
Dickstein will be based at Phillips & Cohen’s new office in Miami. The firm also has offices in Washington, DC, London and San Francisco.
Dickstein has more than 30 years of experience with healthcare litigation, most recently as a federal prosecutor investigating and prosecuting whistleblower qui tam lawsuits and other Medicare fraud cases with the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Florida.
“Jeffrey Dickstein brings an exceptional knowledge of healthcare fraud, healthcare systems and government enforcement that will be extremely beneficial for our whistleblower clients,” said Erika A. Kelton, a partner at Phillips & Cohen. “He is a multi-dimensional litigator who has tremendous experience with complex healthcare cases that complements our practice well.”
Dickstein was one of the lead government prosecutors in a qui tam case that recently resulted in settlements totaling more than $250 million with nearly 500 hospitals in 43 states.
That case concerned whistleblower allegations that hundreds of hospitals implanted cardiac devices, known as implantable cardioverter defibrillators, too soon after heart attacks or heart surgery.
“I am thrilled to join Phillips & Cohen and to work directly with whistleblowers to stop instances of Medicare fraud and other healthcare fraud,” Dickstein said. “There is no law firm that does a better job of representing whistleblowers than Phillips & Cohen.”
Before joining the Justice Department, Dickstein had a successful practice representing patients in medical malpractice cases, both as a partner in a law firm he co-founded and as a solo practitioner.