Oh what a tangled web they weave; multiple professionals caught up marketing an ineffective medicine in return for disguised kickbacks.
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“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.
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…
Physician Talks Out of His (Not) Mouth – Brags of Kickbacks – Medical Group Minute
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…
Office Sharing: Turning Share Mates Into Cell Mates – Podcast
Office-based specialists, from ENT’s to urologists, often enter into suite sharing arrangements. No problem! That is, until they make it one.
Blowing up Your ASC Because of Confusion of Purpose
Once again, the facility is no longer an ASC either for safe harbor or for Medicare billing purposes.
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…
For Whom the Whistle Blows: More Debris From the Fate of Fata – Medical Group Minute
The scalpel of surgeon Farid Fata, M.D. continues to cut from beyond the metaphorical grave…
Avoid the Clenching Tentacles of “Compliance” – Success in Motion Series
Hitch a ride with Mark and learn about the federal government’s growing push to penalize noncompliance with healthcare regulations including their attempt to federalize alleged violations of purely state law.
For Whom the Whistle Blows #2: More Debris From the Fate of Fata
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…