On July 7 the Fourth Circuit invoked Flying Pigs to vacate a lower federal court judgment in a Medicaid false claim case, even though neither the lower court nor any of the parties asked it to. The case started in 2007, when the relators filed a qui tam action in Virginia state court against several medical …
Where’s the Crime in Providing Free Medical Care?
June 28, 2016 Leave a Comment
Can it be a crime to provide free medical care? That’s the question presented by a post-conviction motion by the so-called King of Nursing Homes, Dr. V. Kuchipudi. Dr. K was convicted on nine counts of violating the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and one count of conspiracy for an arrangement with now-defunct …
Broward Health Wins Most-Illegal-Physician-Comp
September 16, 2015 Leave a Comment
Okay, there’s not really a Most-Illegal-Physician-Compensation Prize. But if there were, Florida’s North Broward Hospital District would have won in a walk. That’s why the district has agreed to pay the government $69.5 million to settle charges that it violated the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute …