Criminal Prosecution, Health Care Providers, DEA

DOJ Announces Largest-Ever National Healthcare Fraud Takedown and Launches New Data Fusion Center

Husch Blackwell LLP on 8/8/2025

In June 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, marking the largest coordinated healthcare fraud enforcement action in DOJ history. The sweep included charges against a...more

Opioid manufacturer pleads guilty to fraud

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 2/5/2021

Compliance Today (February 2021) - Purdue Pharma LP pleaded guilty to three felony offenses: “one count of dual-object conspiracy to defraud the United States and to violate the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and two...more

Opioids, Healthcare Enforcement, and Increased Scrutiny of Corporate Conduct for Criminal Prosecution

Jackson Walker on 5/8/2019

The national opioid epidemic is almost unprecedented in every conceivable way—its catastrophic death toll, its broad effect on a wide swath of this country’s population, its rapid escalation (which is alleged to have been...more

Another front in war on opioids: Criminal charges for Big Pharma execs, MDs

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 4/30/2019

An estimated 400,000 Americans have died due to opioid drug overdoses between 1999 and 2017 — and the fatalities only are increasing. By 2025, according to expert forecasts, there will be 700,000 more opioid deaths....more

'Opioids and Legal Enforcement — A Primer' - HarrisMartin's Drugs & Medical Devices

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/19/2018

The opioid crisis in America is now well known, affecting a staggering number of people directly or indirectly and occupying a regular place in media reports and political discussions. In addition to potential public health...more

Health Care Physicians in the Crosshairs: Criminal Prosecution

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 10/26/2015

Recent changes to our health care system have been at the forefront of the American news cycle for several years. But certain aspects have not received adequate attention. One example is the scrutiny federal and state...more