A physician is convicted in the Insys/Subsys kickback case, highlighting ongoing risks around pharma deals and compliance for medical group leaders.
Tag: drug
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.
Greasy Kickback Residue is All That’s Left of Pain Cream Fraud – Medical Group Minute Series
Understand the implications of the kickback allegations against pharmacy owners and doctors in this unfolding healthcare scandal.
Pain Medicine Doctors Alleged to Have Received $115,000 in Kickbacks … Plus $40 Million in Illicit Profit
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.
Profiting From 3-D Printed Pills – Medical Group Minute
If the future of surgery is medicine, then the future of medicines is compounding, the individualization of dosages and drug combinations.
Compounding the Kickback Problem – Podcast
Compounding pharmaceuticals, specific drugs for specific patients, offers tremendous benefit. The problems arise when the benefit is for the prescribing physician. Then, we’re dealing with analyses under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), the Stark Law, and their state law counterparts.
Greasy Kickback Residue Is All That’s Left of Pain Cream Fraud
Understand the implications of the kickback allegations against pharmacy owners and doctors in this unfolding healthcare scandal.
Profiting From 3-D Printed Pills
The 3-D printing of pills opens the door to compounding of complex medications on both small and large scales.
The Pharmacy Will See Your Patients Now
Chains that operate walk-in clinics and will expand into direct patient care. An opportunity for both physicians and independent pharmacies.
Compounding the Kickback Problem
Even if patients choose the provider, physicians can still trigger Anti‑Kickback Statute liability by acting as gatekeepers. A critical lesson from a recent case.



