Health Care Fraud


 The F.B.I. has settled a criminal and civil case against a large pharmaceutical company that marketed specific drugs to doctors and paid the doctors to push those drugs. The company promoted the use of the drugs for medical conditions that the F.D.A. had not approved them for other uses and doses. This is know as off label marketing. This is illegal even if there are no side effects from the use of the drug. The company agreed to pay $2.3 billion to settle the criminal and civil violations. This is a classic example of how the criminal justice system works. No one is going to jail. Someone made a decision at this company to allow this program to go forward, that person is not indicted and is not in jail. The company was able to buy its way out of trouble and out of breaking the law. No matter how great the federal defense lawyer, this is not the case where the prosecutor is even looking to put someone in jail. https://askcompetentlawyer.com/medicare-medicaid-fraud/ This sends a message to other drug manufacturers that you can try any of these tricks and the worst that happens is you are fined.

Some of these drug were provided through Medicare and Medicaid, but still no one goes to jail for health care fraud. The government waits until they can get a doctor or a small provider that is over billing the government. The doctor is a small target compared to the larger hospitals that continually over bill the federal government for services. The small lawyer must get a good defense attorney with experience in federal court and defending fraud cases. There is no time to waste in preparing to fight the federal government.

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