Posts Tagged ‘illegal kickbacks’
Doctor Charged in COVID-19 Healthcare Fraud Action Indicted in Kickback Scheme
A New York doctor has been charged in a superseding indictment in connection with an alleged genetic cancer screening and COVID-19 testing scam. Such an indictment adds information or evidence, as well as charges or defendants to an existing case. Alexander Baldonado of Queens was indicted on charges he engaged in a genetic testing and…
Read MoreCommon Healthcare Fraud Schemes
Last month’s indictment of more than 600 people nationwide in what the feds dubbed “the largest healthcare fraud takedown in history,†should serve as a warning that the government is serious about cracking down on those who abuse the system. As we wrote about in June, of the 601 defendants charged, 165 were medical professionals…
Read MoreAppeals Court Issues Precedential Ruling in Charitable Assistance Organization Kickback Case
The increase in enforcement activity related to donations made by pharmaceutical manufacturers to nonprofit patient charitable assistance organizations has resulted in a number of whistleblower or Qui Tam lawsuits. Those lawsuits have hinged on the idea that such donations may be viewed as illegal kickbacks because they could be seen as a means to steer…
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