On December 4, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments regarding whether the January 2023 jury conviction of Mark Sorensen, the owner of SyMed, a durable medical equipment ...

On December 4, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments in USA v. Mark Sorensen, case number 24-1557, and it is now taking under advisement a case that could have ...

A Miami-based developer of electronic health records software will pay $3.8 million to resolve a whistleblower’s allegations that it paid illegal kickbacks to generate sales. The Justice Department ...

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Pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca, based in Wilmington, Del., has agreed to pay $520 million to settle allegations that it had illegally marketed its antipsychotic drug Seroquel, according to an ...

In a case that could define what is and is not an illegal kickback in health care, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a Chicago businessman's conviction for paying an advertising ...

MADISON, Wis. — An Illinois-based marketing agency owner was sentenced to federal prison Friday for his role in a kickback scheme with an executive of a Janesville healthcare provider. Ryan Weckerly, ...

The U.S. Justice Dept. has filed a civil lawsuit in Massachusetts accusing Forest Laboratories of inappropriately marketing antidepressants Celexa and Lexapro for children and paying kickbacks to ...

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