You can see why it’s so tempting for unscrupulous hospital CEOs to offer kickbacks to physicians.
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In my experience, most kickback schemes are not as brazen as this. They involve fewer numbers of people and, sometimes, behavior that is more easily rationalized by the participants as “sort of legal”.
As always in these types of cases, which are civil actions, the settlement does not involve any admission that the allegations were true.
In my experience, most kickback schemes are not as brazen as this. They involve fewer numbers of people and, sometimes, behavior that is more easily rationalized by the participants as “sort of legal”.
In my experience, most kickback schemes are not as brazen as this. They involve fewer numbers of people and, sometimes, behavior that is more easily rationalized by the participants as “sort of legal”.
Compounded drugs are valid treatment. Prescribing them is legal. However, accepting (or paying) kickbacks to prescribe them is a crime.
Compounded drugs are valid treatment. Prescribing them is legal. However, accepting (or paying) kickbacks to prescribe them is a crime.
It’s the middle ground between light and shadow, between medical science and stupidity, and it lies between the pit of man’s desires and the summit of his bank account. This is the dimension of disintegration. It’s an area which we call the Indictment Zone.
In a recent set of go-rounds with the Department of Justice, the so-called company model of anesthesia services took a major hit: Jonathan Daitch, M.D., just agreed to a $1.718 million civil settlement and Michael Frey, M.D., plead guilty in a criminal prosecution.
Tenet Healthcare Corporation’s most recent quarterly report indicates that it’s reached an agreement in principle with the United States Department of Justice to settle a whistleblower suit.