In the Wild West days of the 1980s and 90s, it wasn’t uncommon to see as many medical directors receiving stipends from a hospital as there are aspirins in a Costco-size bottle.
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“But Everyone’s Doing It!!” Not a Great Defense to Compliance Violations – Medical Group Minute
There are tremendous opportunities in the market, opportunities that you can exploit.
Tastes Like Chicken. Smells Like Fraud.
When most people think of kickback schemes in the healthcare context, they immediately go to notions of payments to physicians for referrals. Now, that’s not an unwarranted assumption because, unfortunately, much of the history of the application of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute involves physician-referral issues. Within large medical groups, and similarly within physician-owned facilities such…
No More Walk in the Park for Convicted Forest Park Defendants – Podcast
One thing’s for certain, it will be no more walk in the park for the seven defendants convicted for their roles in a bribe and kickback scheme.
Listen in to a Kickback Conversation – Podcast
Depending on the circumstances, there might be ways to legally structure deal participation on the part of referring physicians.
No More Walk in the Park for Convicted Forest Park Defendants
Forest Park was a Texas chain of beautifully constructed hospitals. Operative word: was. Beneath the veneer of great architecture and beautiful interior design was, so federal prosecutors alleged, a decrepit scheme involving questionable marketing agreements and multiple types of fake arrangements from “consulting contracts” to “leases” and even fake companies. The alleged aim? Referrals of…
Anesthesia Company Model Arrangement Fuels $1.718 Million Dollar FCA Settlement by a Surgeon and a Separate Guilty Plea by Another Doctor Defendant – Podcast
In a recent set of go-rounds with the Department of Justice, the so-called company model of anesthesia services took a major hit.
Allegations of Underpaid Debt Lands Big Healthcare Players in Whistleblower Hell – Podcast
When physicians think about allegations of kickbacks in the context of large insurers, it’s generally related to how a carrier’s internal “claims cops” have alleged that some physician or other provider engaged in a kickback scheme…
Far Too “Friendly Physician” Pleads Guilty in $60 Million Healthcare Fraud – Medical Group Minute
What’s your medical license worth?
Former Tenet Healthcare Executives Facing Criminal Trial for Kickbacks. – Medical Group Minute
Former Tenet Healthcare hospital CEOs, are facing trial in a criminal case that alleges that they personally violated the federal Anti-Kickback Statute.