Doctors Beware: The Federal Government Means Business

One of the highest profile health care fraud trials in a generation is nearing conclusion in a Dallas federal courtroom against the now-shuttered Forest Park Medical Center and surgeons who practiced there. Now in its seventh week, prosecutors allege that five doctors and four other officials orchestrated an illegal kickback scheme that put tens of millions of dollars into their pockets. While the focus now turns to an expected jury verdict, health care practitioners – and their patients – would be wise to learn from the mistakes of their peers and adjust course accordingly.

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