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 […]
Tag: legal
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.
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.
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 […]
When we talk about joint ventures in healthcare, we tend to think of illegality.
When we talk about joint ventures in healthcare, we tend to think of illegality, as in “suspect joint venture,” the pejorative term crafted by the OIG.