Topic
Kickbacks
273 published works
Drug & Device Law
Amounts Billed Do Not Indicate Fair Market Value In FCA Case
Our day job has been keeping us busy, so busy with depositions, motions, delayed flights, and assorted drama that we have not posted in more than a month. After such…
Legal Profession Blog
Alo I Must Be Going
Dan Trevas reports on the web page of the Ohio Supreme CourtA Columbus attorney convicted in a felony bribery and kickback scheme at the Office of the Ohio Treasurer was…
Health Law Diagnosis
EHR Vendor Settles False Claims Act Suit for $155 Million
By Nathaniel Arden, Robinson+Cole's Health Law Group
Electronic health record (EHR) vendor eClinicalWorks (eCW) recently entered into a settlement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector…
Wiley Executive Summary
Deceptive Business Practices Exclusion Does Not Bar Coverage for Kickback Suit
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California has held that a deceptive practices exclusion contained in an errors and omissions policy issued to a real estate…
Beneficially Yours
A Liar And A Cheat? 3 Ways To Pay…
By Kathleen Cahill Slaught and Shireen Yvette Wetmore Seyfarth Synopsis: Insurer gets to pick its remedy when hospital engages in dishonest billing and illegal kickbacks…to the tune of $41 million.…
Inside the False Claims Act
Tenet Healthcare Settles FCA and AKS Allegations for $513 Million
Texas-based hospital chain Tenet Healthcare Corporation and two of its Atlanta-area hospitals, Atlanta Medical Center and North Fulton Hospital, have agreed to pay more than $513 million to resolve civil…
Legal Profession Blog
Disbarment Sought For Attorney’s Crimes Against Native Americans
An Illinois attorney has consented to disbarment after a federal felony conviction.The Sun reported on the crimesThe former general counsel for the Twentynine Palms Band of Mission Indians has been…
The Compliance Gap
Kickback Prosecutions Expanding Beyond Drugs and Devices to Care Networks
The DOJ has recently showed some new muscle by applying anti-kickback laws to care facility owners rather than drug manufacturers. The uptick in federal healthcare fraud prosecutions in 2016 has…
Health Law
OIG Updates Policy on Permissive Exclusions Based On Fraud and Kickbacks
The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) last week replaced a 20-year old policy statement, and issued guidance on the criteria the…
Legal Profession Blog
Kickback Scheme Gets Attorney Disbarred
The New York Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department has disbarred a convicted attorney.Law360 reported the criminal convictionA New Jersey federal judge sentenced the former part-owner, underwriter and legal…