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Marketer in Kickback Scheme Involving Compound Pharmacies Sentenced to Probation and Order to Pay $3.3 Million

On March 30, 2022, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Manual J. Bojorquez, the owner of a marketing company, was sentenced to 36 months’ probation and ordered to pay restitution of $3.3 million for...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Clock is Ticking: The Countdown to Final Compounding Pharmacy Prosecutions

Many compound pharmacists who participated in the TRICARE program learned, in the most painful of ways, that the Department of Justice (DOJ) casts a very long shadow when large amounts of money pour out of a government...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Compound Pharmacies Enter False Claims Act And Anti-Kickback Statute Settlement

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Compound prescription drugs have increasingly become a target for DOJ health fraud enforcement activities. ...more

Dechert LLP

Global Private Equity Newsletter - Winter 2020 Edition: Private Equity Firms with Health Care Investments Should Protect...

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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) on September 18, 2019, announced a $21.36 million settlement with compounding pharmacy Patient Care America (“PCA”), two PCA executives, and private equity firm Riordan, Lewis & Haden, Inc....more

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FDA Announces Unprecedented Recall of Dietary Supplements

Recently, a New York-based dietary supplement manufacturer (and its subsidiaries) issued a nationwide recall of all lots of dietary supplement products manufactured and sold between January 2013-November 2019. Because the...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Kentucky Hospital Agrees to Pay $10 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

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Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries - Kentucky Hospital Agrees to Pay $10 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations - Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Healthcare Inc. d/b/a...more

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Private Equity Firm Settles FCA Case

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In two prior posts [Government Files Amended FCA Complaint Against Private Equity Firm and its Portfolio Company and DOJ Intervention in Healthcare Fraud Case Highlights Potential Risks for Private Equity Firms], we wrote...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

DOJ Reaches $21.36 Million Agreement with Compounding Pharmacy, Two of its Executives, and Managing Private Equity Firm to Resolve...

On September 18, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $21.36 million settlement with compounding pharmacy Patient Care America (PCA), as well as PCA’s Chief Executive, PCA’s former Vice President of Operations,...more

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Compounding Pharmacy and Private Equity Firm Owner Agree to $21 Million Settlement to Resolve FCA Allegations

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that it has agreed to a $21.36 million settlement with compounding pharmacy Diabetic Care Rx LLC d/b/a Patient Care America (PCA), private equity firm Riordan, Lewis & Haden...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Government Files Amended FCA Complaint Against Private Equity Firm and its Portfolio Company

On March 18, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an amended complaint-in-intervention in the False Claims Act (FCA) case against Diabetic Care Rx, LLC d/b/a Patient Care America (PCA); two of PCA’s executives; and the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Investor, Beware: New Prosecutorial Scrutiny of Private Equity Investment in Healthcare Companies

A bedrock principle of private equity investment is that investors expect to make money on their investments. A recent lawsuit by the Department of Justice (DOJ), however, might force private equity investors in healthcare to...more

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