One thing is 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 related to referring patients to Forest Park Hospital, a now defunct chain of Texas facilities.
Tag: bribe
Surgeon and Controlled Companies Pay $4.5 Million Settlement Months After Medtronic Pays $9.21 Million Tip (Settlement) For Meals at the Surgeon’s Restaurant – Podcast
Well, the story as told by the Government is a familiar one: They allege that the events were payments to benefit Dr. Asfora and induce him to use Medtronic’s SynchroMed II intrathecal infusion pumps.
The Other Final Four: Hospital Executives Sentenced to Prison – Medical Group Minute
In my experience, most kickback schemes are not as brazen as this. They involve fewer numbers of people and, sometimes, behavior that is more easily rationalized by the participants as “sort of legal”.
Surgeon and Controlled Companies Pay $4.5 Million Settlement Months After Medtronic Pays $9.21 Million Tip (Settlement) For Meals at the Surgeon’s Restaurant
Well, the story as told by the Government is a familiar one: They allege that the events were payments to benefit Dr. Asfora and induce him to use Medtronic’s SynchroMed II intrathecal infusion pumps.
The Other Final Four: Hospital Executives Sentenced to Prison
In my experience, most kickback schemes are not as brazen as this. They involve fewer numbers of people and, sometimes, behavior that is more easily rationalized by the participants as “sort of legal”.
Felonious Forest Park Physicians Freighted Off To Federal Prison
One thing is 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 related to referring patients to Forest Park Hospital, a now defunct chain of Texas facilities.
Two Frauds Aren’t Better Than One: Second of the NextHealth & Forest Park Fraud Twins Sentenced – Podcast
Double your felony,
Double your sums.
Oops we got caught,
Now we’re jailhouse bums.
Medtronic Pays $9.21 Million Tip (Settlement) For Meals at Surgeon’s Restaurant
Over a nine-year period, Medtronic USA Inc., the mega-sized Minnesota-based medical device manufacturer, paid for over 100 events held at a Sioux Falls, South Dakota restaurant.
“Free With Purchase” May Sell Cosmetics, but “Free With Referral” Is a Bad Marketing Idea – Podcast
The coronavirus has closed their office doors, but the U.S. Department of Justice is still prosecuting healthcare crimes and extracting painful settlements.
“Free With Purchase” May Sell Cosmetics, but “Free With Referral” Is a Bad Marketing Idea – Medical Group Minute
The coronavirus has closed their office doors, but the U.S. Department of Justice is still prosecuting healthcare crimes and extracting painful settlements


