On October 25, 2017, another physician, Jerrold Rosenberg, M.D., pleaded guilty to charges related to the plethora of kickback prosecutions emanating from Insys Therapeutics, Inc., and its fentanyl drug, Subsys. Couch and Ruan Sent to Prison In February of this year, I wrote in my post Pain Medicine Doctors Alleged to Have Received $115,000 in…
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Drugs, Sentencing, and Lock (and Roll on to Another Kickback Prosecution)
As I comment often, the federal Anti-Kickback statute makes it illegal to receive anything of value for the referral of federal health care program patients.
Another Hospital CEO (And His Senior VP) Sentenced to Years in Prison – Medical Group Minute Series
Two men failed to turn over more than $6 million in taxes collected from employees of an Arkansas hospital.
Payor Agreements and Hidden False Claims Act and Criminal Traps
It was a neighborhood like many others. Neat, but not too neat front yards. Newspapers brought in by 8:00 a.m. and maybe by 10:00 a.m. on weekends. And, all was within the bounds of normal, giving, of course, wide birth to the meaning of the word, for this is nonfiction, not fiction. But with one…
Greasy Kickback Residue is All That’s Left of Pain Cream Fraud – Medical Group Minute Series
Oh what a tangled web they weave; multiple professionals caught up marketing an ineffective medicine in return for disguised kickbacks.
“But Everyone’s Doing It!!!” Not a Great Defense to Compliance Violations – Success in Motion
Ride along with Mark as he discusses the tendency of many physicians and healthcare entrepreneurs to skip a critical review of the legality of their business structures.
Another Hospital CEO (and His Senior VP) Sentenced to Years in Prison
It’s getting harder for hospital CEOs to stay out of jail. Or to get released. OK, in all fairness, James R. Cheek was the former CEO of Hope Medical Park Hospital in Hope, Arkansas. Cheek will be spending 3 years in federal prison, followed by 3 more years of supervised release. He won’t be lonely,…
21 Doctors, Plus Pharmacists and Practice Managers, Charged in $40 Million Kickback Scheme
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…
Pain Medicine Doctors Alleged to Have Received $115,000 in Kickbacks … Plus $40 Million in Illicit Profit
A recent article by Joseph Walker in the Saturday/Sunday, Feb. 4-5, 2017, issue of The Wall Street Journal, sheds light on the marketing of opioids, the payment of kickbacks, and the high profits that can be made via their sale through physician owned pharmacies. A review of the related indictment reveals even more. The context…
Greasy Kickback Residue Is All That’s Left of Pain Cream Fraud
This past week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of ten additional defendants – doctors, pharmacy owners, and marketers – charged in connection with an alleged $100 million compounded pain and scar cream scam on TriCare. The ten join two other defendants charged in the same scheme earlier this year. The government alleges…