Halloran Sage’s Health Care attorneys Howard Pierce and Stephanie Gitlin represented a regional health care payer in a mediation with a chain of urgent care centers. After a thorough analysis by our in-house statistician, Dr. Daniel Sandoval, the claims data showed repeated upcoding of Covid related claims. Our team was able to confirm a pattern of overbilling by the urgent care centers through interviewing former employees and patients. A two-day mediation took place where we had an opportunity to present our evidence to the founder of the urgent care centers and its attorneys. This resulted in a favorable seven-figure settlement for our client and avoided protracted litigation.