Criminal Prosecution, Physicians, Whistleblowers

Limitations to the Anti-Kickback Statute? Seventh Circuit Reverses Conviction Finding “Aggressive” Marketing Tactics Insufficient...

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 5/13/2025

On April 14, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed the conviction of the owner of a durable medical equipment (“DME”) distributor, ruling that there was insufficient evidence to support a...more

Lessons from Hospital Criminal Prosecution for Larger Health Systems and Provider Groups

WilmerHale on 1/30/2025

On January 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a federal grand jury indicted the Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in Virginia for conspiracy to defraud the United States and health care...more

Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | March 2023 Recap

McDermott Will & Schulte on 5/3/2023

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for March 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and...more

[Event] Nashville Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - November 5th, Nashville, TN

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 10/12/2021

Our one-day Regional Compliance Conferences provide attendees with a forum to interact with local compliance professionals, share information about your compliance successes and challenges, and create educational...more

False Claims Act 2019 Year in Review

The Volkov Law Group on 1/27/2020

Jessica Sanderson, Of Counsel at The Volkov Law Group rejoins us for her annual review of False Claims Act enforcement. 2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), and it unwrapped a nice gift:...more

Avanir Pharmaceuticals Pays More than $108 Million to Settle Kickback Violations

The Volkov Law Group on 10/23/2019

Just to repeat myself – pharmaceutical and medical device firms face extraordinary risks of enforcement under the False Claims Act. While everyone likes to write and focus on FCPA or anti-corruption risks for global drug and...more

Waste, fraud, and abuse? For health insurers, fat profits matter more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 7/26/2019

What happens when a whistle blower provides detailed information about a burly Texan — with convictions for felony theft and felony injury of a child — and a burgeoning scam to rip off health insurers for $25 million? Pretty...more

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