Katherine A. Kuchan, R.N., J.D.

• Behavioral Health
• Clinical Services & Patient Care Issues
• Compliance Counsel
• Fraud and Abuse Counsel
• Government Investigations and the False Claims Act
• Licensing, Certification & Accreditation
• Post-Acute & Long-Term Care
• Private Equity
• Transplant & Organ Procurement

University of Wisconsin - Madison, M.S.; Marquette University, B.S.

Marquette University Law School, J.D., magna cum laude

• Wisconsin

• RN Licensure in Wisconsin

• Best Lawyers in America

• Katherine represented thirty-two hospitals in a large hospital system and numerous other individual hospitals in resolving a False Claims Act lawsuit brought by two whistleblowers involving allegations that implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) were implanted in Medicare beneficiaries in violation of Medicare’s National Coverage Determination 20.4 (NCD).
• Katherine represented nine hospitals in a large hospital system and numerous other individual hospitals in resolving a False Claims Act lawsuit involving allegations that hospitals performed Kyphoplasty procedures on an inpatient basis when these minimally invasive procedures could have been performed on an outpatient basis.
• Katherine represented a hospital in Michigan in resolving a False Claims Act lawsuit brought by a whistleblower cardiologist involving allegations that another cardiologist performed unnecessary cardiac procedures on Medicare beneficiaries.
• Katherine represented two hospitals in Arizona in connection with a False Claims Act lawsuit brought by a hospital corporate responsibility auditor in resolving a False Claims Act lawsuit involving allegations that Medicare beneficiaries did not meet medical necessity criteria for inpatient rehabilitation services.
• Katherine represented a health system in Michigan in connection with a False Claims Act lawsuit brought by an external auditor in resolving a False Claims Act lawsuit involving allegations of upcoding evaluation and management (E/M) services provided to cardiology patients.
• United States ex. rel. Hilde-Philips v. St. Luke’s Hospital of Duluth and Dr. David Moyer, Katherine represented a hospital in Minnesota in connection with a False Claims Act lawsuit brought by whistleblower physician involving allegations that another physician upcoded evaluation and management (E/M) services provided to Medicare beneficiaries.
• Katherine represented a hospital and ambulance company in Florida in responding to a Civil Investigative Demand involving medical necessity of ambulance transports, and following document production and negotiation, was able to persuade the U.S. Government to close the case without any further action.