Across the county in nearly every industry, large companies are laying off full time workers and are turning to staffing companies which, in turn hire what amount to temps, many on a part time basis.
Tag: legal
But Does it Work in the Real World? Second Order Thinking and the Perfect Legal Structure
I recently attended a continuing legal education seminar concerning some very complex organizational structures for healthcare venture development.
Another Physician Guilty of Receiving Insys/Subsys Kickbacks
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…
Washington State Takes Antitrust Aim at Aggressive Health System Competition
The unfettered growth of hosptial-centric medicine, usually touted as bringing “better care,” “enhanced safety,” and “more efficiency,” often brings less caring care, hospital acquired infections, and . . . control over the market with its “efficient” byproduct, higher prices. The growth of hospital systems can be seen as a reaction to the fact that procedures…
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.
Total Eclipse of the Mind
It’s getting darker. Well, not actually. But tomorrow, Monday, August 21, 2017, it will. And, not just at night, but because of a total solar eclipse. Darkness. Where fear lurks in nursery tales, vampire movies, and film noir. Pretend. Yet darkness of another sort, of the refusal to look, of the refusal to see, of…
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.
“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,…
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…