Zeldes Haeggquist & Eck, LLP, a shareholder and consumer rights litigation firm, has commenced an investigation into whether certain officers and directors at IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. ("IPC" or the "Company"), violated securities laws or breached their fiduciary duties to shareholders.

IPC (NASDAQ: IPCM) is a national physician group practice company that operates and manages full-time hospitalist practices. On December 9, 2013, the United States Department of Justice announced that it had intervened in a lawsuit that alleges that IPC submitted false claims to federal health care programs. The lawsuit alleges that IPC physicians sought payment for higher and more expensive levels of medical service than were actually performed - a practice commonly known as "upcoding." The lawsuit was originally filed by Dr. Bijan Oughatiyan, a former IPC physician, who alleges that IPC encouraged its physicians to bill at the highest levels regardless of the level of service provided, trained physicians to use higher level codes and encouraged physicians with lower billing levels to "catch up" to their peers. We are investigating whether the Officers and Directors of IPC breached their fiduciary duties owed to the Company and its shareholders in connection with the false claims allegations.

What You Can Do

If you are an IPC shareholder, you may have legal claims against the officers and directors of IPC. If you would like additional information regarding this investigation, or if you have information regarding the matters under investigation, please contact attorney Amber L. Eck at 619-342-8000 or by email at ambere@zhlaw.com.

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Zeldes, Haeggquist & Eck, LLP
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