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...
Apr 28, 2021 | Employment Law, Health Care, Healthcare Transactions
Any time a physician and a hospital enter a long-term relationship, whether through a direct employment arrangement or through a services agreement with a physician group, the discussion around physician compensation can quickly grow complicated. Most healthcare...
Mar 15, 2021 | Healthcare Transactions
On March 1, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ceased its efforts to block a $599 million health system merger in Philadelphia after losing its bid in court to stop the deal between Jefferson Health (Jefferson) and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network (Einstein). ...
