Last week, the California Insurance Commissioner and the Orange County District Attorney shut down a $40 million fraudulent medical billing and kickback operation by filing criminal charges against 21 doctors plus 5 others: pharmacists and purported “medical group management company” owners. Involved are Tanya Moreland King and her husband Christopher King, the owners of medical…
It was 9:00 p.m. The restaurant was clearing out. I was eating alone after returning to the hotel following a meeting. Then I overheard…
Join Mark as he discusses why compliance with an AKS safe harbor does not protect you from prosecution.
Office-based specialists, from ENT’s to urologists, often enter into suite sharing arrangements. No problem! That is, until they make it one.
Learn about the case of two pain medicine doctors accused of receiving $115,000 in kickbacks and generating $40 million in illicit profits through fraudulent practices.
The scalpel of surgeon Farid Fata, M.D. continues to cut from beyond the metaphorical grave…
The scalpel of surgeon Farid Fata, M.D. continues to cut from beyond the metaphorical grave, i.e., from behind the walls, gates, and concertina wire of the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. In mid-2015, Dr. Fata traded in his scrubs for a prison uniform when he was sentenced to 45 years in jail for a…
It was 9:00 p.m. The restaurant was clearing out. I was eating alone after returning to the hotel following a meeting.
Learn why even naïve questions about kickbacks can trigger serious compliance risks and how to protect your medical group.
A physician openly bragged about kickbacks, highlighting the continuing legal and reputational risks that medical group leaders cannot ignore.