From Harvey Weinstein to Al Franken to, now, a well known physician at Fenway Community Health Center, the Boston institution known for its pioneering care for LGBT patients, allegations of sexual harassment and bullying are surfacing on what seems to be a daily basis. Even if the allegations aren’t aimed at you, they pose significant […]
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Ride along with Mark as he discusses a tactic that, though used by creeps, can be employed in negotiations for good.
Ride along with Mark as he discusses some interesting events on the kickback front.
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 […]
Compliance – it’s the multi-zillion dollar reason why your medical group’s or healthcare business venture’s efforts must constantly be tested, reviewed, and returned.
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.
Oh what a tangled web they weave; multiple professionals caught up marketing an ineffective medicine in return for disguised kickbacks.
Compliance. Ah, what a funny world we live in. Government regulators at the SEC force those offering investment opportunities to issue disclaimers that past performance is not indicative of future results. Extrapolation is bad. Yet a few miles away, other government regulators at the OIG alchemize a handful of discovered violations into thousands more. Extrapolation […]
Ride along with Mark as he discusses why it’s essential that you learn as much as possible about the people on the other side of a negotiation.
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 […]