On July 11, 2025, in United States v. Schena, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued the first appellate decision interpreting the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (“EKRA”). The decision marks a...more
EKRA stands for the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act, and it has become a prominent enforcement tool against fraud in the healthcare and medical testing industries. Although the law was developed in 2018 to help combat...more
The Department of Justice announced on June 27, 2019 that David Brock Lovelace, the owner of DBL Management LLC, was found guilty by a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida of conspiracy...more
Effective October 24, 2018, Congress enacted the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018 (EKRA) as part of the “Substance Use–Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities...more
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an advisory opinion (No. 15-04) today that states a proposed arrangement to provide free laboratory tests for certain patients of...more