Former CEO Michael Babich pleaded guilty last week to charges related to the plethora of kickback allegations surrounding Insys Therapeutics, Inc., and its fentanyl drug, Subsys.
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Anesthesia Company Model Arrangement Fuels $1.718 Million Dollar FCA Settlement by a Surgeon and a Separate Guilty Plea by Another Doctor Defendant
In a recent set of go-rounds with the Department of Justice, the so-called company model of anesthesia services took a major hit: One alleged co-conspirator, Jonathan Daitch, M.D., just agreed to a $1.718 million civil settlement and another, Michael Frey, M.D., plead guilty in a criminal prosecution.
No Matter How Hard They Tri[Care], Another Compounded Medicine Scam Creams Out
There are many legitimate ways for physicians to increase their practice income. They include, depending on state law, investments in compounding pharmacies and the direct dispensing of pharmaceuticals.
Record Bust: 601 Defendants, Including 165 Doctors, Nurses and Other Licensees Charged With Over $2 Billion in Fraud – Medical Group Minute
DOJ and HHS announced the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action. It resulted in charges against 601 defendants across 58 federal districts, including 165 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals.
Breaking News: Former Tenet Hospital Executives Facing Criminal Trial for Kickbacks
As you may recall, back in April, 2018, in my post What’s The Downside Risk for Hospital Executives?, I wrote about the fact that Trevor Fetter, the former CEO of Tenet Healthcare, had no skin in the game: his strategy put the company into a nosedive. It lost hundreds of millions. But upon being pushed…
$2.6 Billion Collected by Feds From Compliance Cheats. ROI Makes Warren Buffett Look Like an Amateur. – Podcast
Listen to Mark discuss how a coordinated DHS and DOJ healthcare anti-fraud operation collected $2.6 Billion from 2015 to 2017.
Allegations of Underpaid Debt Lands Big Healthcare Players in Whistleblower Hell – Medical Group Minute
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…
Hospital Chain Paying More Than a Quarter BILLION Dollars to Resolve False Billing and Kickback Allegations
When my kids were small, we spent many a lazy Sunday afternoon watching monster versus monster movies, you know, like Godzilla versus Mothra. Although today’s post doesn’t feature any Japanese creatures from Monster Island, it does feature a similar, two-monsters-in-one tale, drawing from, and compounding on, violations previously featured on the blog. And, although Tokyo…
A Naive Anti-Kickback Question Answered – Podcast
There’s an expression in carpentry, “measure twice, cut once.” We should have the same expression in terms of healthcare deals…
Far Too “Friendly Physician” to Plead Guilty in $60 Million Healthcare Fraud. Will Murder Charges Follow?
In what’s being reported in the popular press as a $60 million healthcare fraud scheme, a Texas physician, Charles R. Leach, M.D., has agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. The feds charged 16 people in the overall scheme. Leach is the fourth defendant to plead guilty. The scheme…