Conspiracies between physicians and non-physicians
John Kapoor, a former Insys Therapeutics executive, was convicted following a three-month trial. The executives in that case were charged with using a speaker program to funnel cash and other perks to doctors who wrote many Subsys prescriptions. Kapoor is seeking...Attack on pain clinic and laboratory business continues
Complaint Against Chiropractor And Pain Management Clinics The United States Attorney in South Carolina has intervened in a False Claims Act case against a chiropractor, his network of pain management clinics, and urine drug testing laboratories. There are three...Indivior, Inc. Indicted for Fraudulently Marketing Opioids
Opioid Fraud Case It has been a big week health care fraud news. On Tuesday, a federal grand jury sitting in Virginia indicted Indivior, Inc. and Indivior PLC for engaging in a scheme to increase prescriptions of Suboxone Film, an opioid drug used in the treatment of...Government mined data released in opioid litigation
Litigation Over Release Of Data On Opiod Cases Litigation over release of data in the opioid litigation gives a glimpse at the volumes of information available to the Department of Justice in health care fraud cases. Judge Dan Aaron Polster of the Northern...Must-watch cases of 2019
Temporary Restraining Orders Against Doctors Allegedly Prescribing Opioids Illegally Temporary restraining orders—a first-of-its-kind against doctors allegedly prescribing opioids illegally under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA)—were served this week that forbid...ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I represent doctors, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, pharmacies, and other health care providers, during government investigations and defend them in qui tam (whistle-blower) actions. I also regularly counsel companies from a variety of industries on the adoption and operation of their compliance programs and related due diligence issues.
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