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DOJ Criminal Health Care Enforcement: It’s Not Just for Federal Programs Anymore

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On July 10, 2020, in United States v. Ruan, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the convictions of two Alabama doctors for running an opiate “pill mill.” Among many other things, the government charged that the doctors used...more

Jaburg Wilk

Unexpected Prosecution with Unexpected Convictions - Could the Texas “Forest Park” Convictions Happen to Doctors in Arizona?

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On April 11, 2019, in a federal court, a Dallas jury returned verdicts of guilty against seven of the defendants in the criminal case styled “United States v. Beauchamp” and commonly known as “Forest Park.” Of the original...more

McGuireWoods LLP

DOJ’s Travel Act Prosecution Yields Convictions for Kickbacks Involving Private Payers

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As detailed in our prior entry, on April 9, 2019, a Forest Park, Texas jury found seven individuals guilty of various charges related to a scheme engaged in by Forest Park Medical Center (“FPMC”). The physician-owned surgical...more

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The Travel Act in the Healthcare Space: 3 Notable Considerations

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Earlier this year, a notable trial took place in Dallas (United States v. Beauchamp, et al., 3-16 Cr. 516D (N.D. Tex.) that could have an impact on the healthcare industry in the coming years. In the trial, the DOJ brought...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Hospitals, Doctors (and Others) Beware: DOJ May Apply Travel Act to Healthcare Prosecutions - Arrangements Viewed Under the...

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• A recent federal jury verdict in Dallas affirms the U.S. Department of Justice's determination to extend federal prosecutions to healthcare arrangements involving commercial payers by utilizing the federal Travel Act, which...more

Troutman Pepper

New Compliance Challenges Arise as Prosecutors Pursue Novel Health Care Fraud Theories

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On April 9, after four days of deliberations, a jury returned guilty verdicts for seven defendants in United States v. Beauchamp, No. 16-cr-00516-D (N.D. Tex. 2016). ...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Recent Texas Prosecutions Reveal New Federal Enforcement Tools and Focus on Private Insurance

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Three cases recently wrapped up in the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas reveal an increased focus on health care fraud committed against private commercial third-party payors, as well as the tools that the Department...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Kickback Arrangements – Cause for Alarm Beyond Federal Healthcare Programs

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Few, if any, in the medical industry are unfamiliar with the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”). Under AKS, those giving or receiving compensation for referrals for items or services reimbursed by the federal healthcare...more

Polsinelli

Feds Two-Step on Texas Sovereignty has Far-Reaching Compliance Implications

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The recent federal grand jury indictment of 21 health care executives, investors, and physicians in connection with the now defunct Dallas-based Forest Park Medical Center effectively turned the Texas health care compliance...more

The Volkov Law Group

Check Up on Healthcare Fraud Prosecutions

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Chief compliance officers face an overwhelming level of risk in the healthcare sector. I do not mean to belittle the risks of corruption, AML, sanctions and other risks typically associated with global companies. Healthcare...more

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Kickbacks and Commercial Bribery: Another Touchstone to Consider

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The latest indictment confirms that fraud and abuse analysis is about more than just the federal and state healthcare anti-kickback statutes. The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New Jersey has just charged the 26th...more

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