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Fourth Circuit Ruling Guts the Practice of Medicine Defense in FDA Cases

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Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in United States v. Jackson upheld a doctor’s conviction under Section 301(k) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), 21 USC § 331(k) (Section 301(k)), for...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | January 2023 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity and developments occurring in January 2023, including several criminal and civil enforcement actions related to the federal...more

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Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - August 2022

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DOJ files civil complaint alleging Fresenius performed unnecessary procedures on dialysis patients - In June, it was revealed that DOJ would partially join a whistleblower lawsuit against the dialysis provider. In a civil...more

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Affordable Healthcare Solutions Pleads Guilty to Dealing in Non-FDA Approved Devices

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The United States Department of Justice announced that Affordable Healthcare Solutions, LLC has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Receiving Adulterated Devices in Interstate Commerce and Delivery for Pay with Intent to...more

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Data Corruption: DOJ Targets Fraud In Medical Research Trial In The Era Of COVID-19

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In late 2019, Gustav Eyler, the Director of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Consumer Protection Branch (“CPB”), cited fraudulent data in clinical research trials for new drugs and medical devices as a topic of “major...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Termination of Merger Agreement Based on Material Adverse Effect

In Channel Medsystems, Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corporation, the Delaware Court of Chancery rejected an attempt by Boston Scientific to terminate and thus avoid consummating a merger agreement with Channel on the grounds...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 28, Number 37. News Briefs - October 2019 #2

California physician Donald Woo Lee was found guilty Oct. 17 for his role in providing medically unnecessary procedures to Medicare beneficiaries, upcoding, and repackaging single-use catheters for re-use, the Department of...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

DOJ Files FCA Complaint Against Recipient of Grant Funding

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The FCA began as a response to procurement fraud by military contractors during the Civil War. In the intervening years, its reach has extended and increasingly the government is using the FCA as a tool in the context of...more

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Fraud So Complicated It Takes a Neurosurgeon

Generally, when a doctor is convicted for fraud, the misdeeds are limited to a single category of fraud. Maybe the doctor charged for procedures that weren’t performed; maybe there were kickbacks for referrals; or maybe...more

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