“The payment of kickbacks compromises the integrity of our healthcare programs,” said Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “The Department will continue to pursue enforcement against those who profit from such unlawful kickback arrangements.”
“It is unlawful to evade the safeguards that protect federal health care programs,” said U.S. Attorney Eric Grant for the Eastern District of California. “Our office is committed to exposing and addressing such schemes, and we will continue to hold accountable those who knowingly violate the Anti Kickback Statute.”
“Kickback schemes undermine the integrity of federal health care programs by placing financial incentives ahead of independent medical decision-making,” said Acting Deputy Inspector General for Investigations Miranda L. Bennett of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). “When laboratories use unlawful compensation arrangements to generate referrals, they jeopardize the public’s trust and misuse taxpayer-funded health care dollars. HHS-OIG will continue working with our law enforcement partners to investigate these schemes and hold accountable those who seek to profit through conduct that violates federal law.”
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