Aug 14, 2025 | False Claims Act, federal investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Healthcare Transactions
The federal False Claims Act (FCA) represents one of – if not the – top regulatory and liability risk that healthcare providers face when doing business with federal healthcare programs (FHPs) including Medicare and Medicaid. The FCA prohibits, among other things,...
Apr 2, 2025 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Healthcare Transactions
A federal judge recently dismissed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo filed by a group of former employees who accused the bank of violating its fiduciary responsibilities by allowing its pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), Express Scripts, to overcharge for prescription...
Mar 18, 2025 | Healthcare Transactions, Medicare and Medicaid
On March 14, Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, appeared before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing. During the two-and-a-half-hour session, Dr. Oz navigated a...
Feb 25, 2025 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Healthcare Transactions
On February 20, 2025, Gregory Schreck, 50, of Johnson County, Kansas, pleaded guilty to orchestrating an internet-based operation that defrauded Medicare and other federal health care benefit programs of more than $1 billion. Schreck, vice president at healthcare...
Jan 23, 2025 | Health Care, Healthcare Transactions
On January 17, the Department of Justice announced that BioReference Health LLC, formerly known as BioReference Laboratories Inc., and its parent company, OPKO Health Inc., agreed to pay $704,349 to resolve allegations brought under the False Claims Act. The...
Feb 27, 2024 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Healthcare Transactions
The DOJ just announced that Dr. John Thropay, former radiation oncologist, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and four counts of health care fraud. A California federal jury convicted Thropay for his role in a $2.8 million Medicare...
