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District Court Declines to Stay Case Pending Resolution of FCA Causation Standard Issue Before Court of Appeals - Earlier this week, a Massachusetts federal judge denied a motion to stay proceedings filed by Medtronic,...more
The following is a summary of selected federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported...more
A federal judge recently exposed weaknesses in the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) criminal healthcare fraud enforcement efforts by vacating a jury's conviction of a prominent Maryland doctor. On Aug. 4, 2023, a federal...more
Lab Owner Sentenced to Over 16 Years for Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering - On September 26, 2023, a US District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina sentenced a Charlotte lab owner, Donald Booker, to over...more
Recent Filings Shed Light on DOJ’s View of Supreme Court’s Recent FCA Ruling - On June 1, 2023, the US Supreme Court explained that an assessment of a defendant’s subjective beliefs — rather than what an objectively...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for March 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and...more
Khadijah Chapman of Georgia, Daniel Labrum of Utah, and Eric O’Neil of Connecticut were all charged in separate indictments with submitting fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications. According to the DOJ,...more
California Man Convicted in $27 Million PPP Fraud Scheme - After a trial before a federal jury, a California man was convicted of bank fraud, making false statements to a financial institution, and money laundering for...more
Millennial Couple Faces Twenty Years in Prison for Largest DOJ Bitcoin Seizure in History - On February 7, 2022, authorities arrested a husband and wife in their 30s, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, accused of...more
On November 4, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the conviction of several South Florida addiction treatment facility operators following a seven-week trial. ...more
New York Pharmacy Owners Charged in $30 Million COVID-19 Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Case - On December 21, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that two owners of over a dozen New York-area...more
Compound Ingredient Supplier to Pay Over $22 Million to Resolve Allegations Brought Under Qui Tam Provisions of FCA - On November 7, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Fagron Holding USA LLC (Fagron) had...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 28, no. 39 (November 4, 2019) - ? The former CEO of Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, the Department...more
Podiatrist Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulent Billing Scheme - On July 19, 2019, a New York podiatrist was sentenced to 366 days in prison, assessed a $50,000 fine, ordered to pay $869,651 in restitution and forfeit...more
On April 30, 2018 a Massachusetts physician was convicted of a criminal violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), as well as one count of obstruction of a criminal health care...more