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DOJ Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Takedown in U.S. History

In the largest health care fraud takedown in U.S. history, the Justice Department announced charges against 324 individuals—including 96 licensed medical professionals—in connection with schemes involving over $14.6 billion...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Fake Histories, Calls by Staff Impersonating Subjects: A Look Inside Two Trial Fraud Cases

Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 2 (January 27, 2022) - The trial was to be like any other that the clinical research organization (CRO) would oversee. The six-month study, known as VESTRI, would involve pediatric...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 10. In This Month’s E-News: October 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 10 (October, 2021) - An audit by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) pre-award risk assessment process concluded that...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Michigan Physician Charged in Alleged Role in Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Conspiracy

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Michigan Physician Charged in Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Conspiracy - On February 26, 2020, the Department of Justice announced charges against a Michigan physician for his alleged role in an over $120 million...more

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Hospitals, Doctors (and Others) Beware: DOJ May Apply Travel Act to Healthcare Prosecutions - Arrangements Viewed Under the...

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• A recent federal jury verdict in Dallas affirms the U.S. Department of Justice's determination to extend federal prosecutions to healthcare arrangements involving commercial payers by utilizing the federal Travel Act, which...more

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Expect Increased Enforcement Activities with DOJ’s New Fraud Task Force

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the creation of a Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud. Relevant to the contracting and healthcare community, the task force is designed to strengthen the...more

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Treatment Center Pleads Guilty to Anti-kickback Statute Violations Involving Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Centers

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the guilty plea of two individual alcohol and substance abuse treatment center owners for their participation in what the DOJ labeled a “multi-million dollar health care...more

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Burr Alert: Part I: White Collar Courier: Delivering News and Providing Guidance in White Collar Matters

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Before joining Burr & Forman, I was a federal prosecutor for a little over a decade focusing on health care fraud and general white collar matters. In that role, I was a member of a prosecution team that secured guilty...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Silver Conviction Vacated Due To Jury Instructions

Yesterday the Second Circuit (Cabranes, Wesley, Sessions, D.J.) released an opinion vacating the conviction of Sheldon Silver and remanding the case to the district court for further proceedings including a retrial. The...more

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Does the Medical-School-to-Prison Pipeline Widen in Middle Age?

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The trend of holding physicians personally responsible for healthcare crimes has continued unabated over the past year. As noted in a previous article, physicians are particularly attractive targets for federal prosecutors...more

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