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Kickbacks
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Health Care Law Matters
Hospital Pays $22M Settlement for Allegedly Improper Physician Professional Service Agreements
The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland has announced that St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson Maryland will pay $22 million to settle allegations that it violated…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Charges Penny Stock Promoters with Illegal Kickback Schemes
The SECcharged more than a dozen penny stock promoters and their companies with securities fraud for their roles in various illicit kickback schemes to manipulate the volume and price of…
Nursing Home Law Blog
Johnson & Johnson Asks Federal Judge to Dismiss Kickback Case
A recent complaint filed in Federal Court states that Johnson & Johnson paid millions of dollars in kickbacks to nursing homes so they would prescribe patients Risperdal, their popular schizophrenia…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Former NY Comptroller Hevesi Pleads Guilty for Involvement in Pay-to-Play Kickback Scheme
Former Comptroller of the State of New York Alan Hevesi pleaded guity to a felony charge for his involvement in a pay-to-play kickback scheme at the Office of the New York…
Cam Law
California Prohibits Kickbacks and Fee-Splitting
California law prohibits fee-splitting and kickbacks, but it does allow payments based on fair market value that are not tied to patient volume. The key is "B&P 650." California Business &…
Cam Law
Fee Splitting and Kickbacks continue to challenge physicians
Fee-splitting and kickback issues pose challenge for medical clinics and wellness centers that include non-physician providers such as nurses, psychologists, chiropractors, acupuncturists and massage therapists. There is a lot of…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
SEC’S Claims of Fraudulent Kickback Scheme Will Proceed to Trial
Co-authored by Jessica M. Garrett In a recent case filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency asserts that Donald McKelvey, as President of Telco-Technology, Inc., engaged in an…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Honest Services Hypo
By Ellen Podgor
“[I expect] to see future litigation surrounding efforts by prosecutors to wedge their cases into the ‘bribe or kickback’ paradigm to which the Court has now limited this statute.”NACDL President…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Crooked local politician seeking sentencing help from fatherhood and Facebook
Main August 4, 2010Crooked local politician seeking sentencing help from fatherhood and FacebookAn upcoming federal sentencing for a local Pennsylvania politician convicted of taking kickbacks is raising a bunch of…
Cam Law
Drafting legal contracts for medical spa and integrative medicine clinics to address kickback and fee-splitting issues
Many business owners think that handling Stark, kickback and fee-splitting issues in the medspa or integrative care clinic is simply a matter of drafting standard contracts for independent contractors or…