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Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

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

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

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

United States Intervenes in Suit Against Private Equity Firm Based on Health Care Portfolio Company's Alleged False Claims Act...

• In an unusual move, the government has decided to pursue a False Claims Act (FCA) suit against a private equity firm based on an alleged commission scheme at its pharmacy portfolio company to promote sales of products...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Health Care Investors Beware: U.S. Attorney Sues Private Equity Firm For Portfolio Company’s Alleged Billing Fraud

The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida has recently decided to intervene in a lawsuit brought under the Federal False Claims Act and initiated by a whistleblower. The U.S. Attorney has filed his own...more

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