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“…let me be clear: healthcare fraud is a priority for the Department of Justice,” is how Kenneth Blanco, acting Assistant Attorney General of the DOJ’s Criminal Division, began his speech on May 18, 2017, at the Institute on Health Care Fraud of the American Bar Association.

When you discuss the compliance aspect of conflicts of interests with physicians, if it’s anything like my experience, it might go something like this:

Hey compliance peeps! I’m pretty excited about this deeper than the headlines topic this week because I’m pretty sure you folks are going to be into it because it will make you look like a total rockstar and help you nail compliance.

Uh-oh. Foot problems are turning into legal difficulties for a Michigan podiatrist and things are not looking good.

A 70-year old Louisiana physician pleaded guilty on April 10 to conspiracy to pay and receive illegal healthcare kickbacks. He’ll be sentenced later this year in July and faces a maximum term of imprisonment of five years, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release following...

At the end of 2016 I posted a blog about the unsealing of an indictment of 21 individuals allegedly involved in a $40 million bribe and kickback scheme involving Forest Park Medical Center Dallas (FPMC).

Last week, the OIG posted a report of their Medicare Compliance Review of the University of Florida Health Jacksonville Hospital. This is the most recent of many similar reports.

1. MEDICARE FRAUD TRIAL SET FOR DOCTOR TIED TO MENENDEZ PROBE-WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - “Many of the Medicare fraud charges against prominent Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen are complicated, but one is simple