Philips Again Stops Whistleblower’s CPAP Machine Kickback Suit

Philips Respironics and related companies again secured the dismissal of a whistleblower’s suit alleging they violated the False Claims Act by engaging in kickback schemes to encourage purchases of respiratory and sleep therapy products, a federal district court said.

Whistleblower Chad Dietz failed to sufficiently allege that Philips knowingly and willfully engaged in illegal conduct, Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand of the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania said in a Monday opinion. Wiegand ordered dismissal of Dietz’s claims with prejudice.

The amended complaint is “substantively identical” to a complaint Wiegand dismissed in July, the opinion said. Allegations ...