Attorney Andrew S. Feldman Discusses Anti Kickback Statute as Panelist at Annual Health Care Fraud Institute
Anti Kickback Statute attorney, Andrew S Feldman, discussed the Anti Kickback Statute while serving as a panelist at the Annual Health Care Fraud Institute in Palm Springs, California. Other panelists include defense attorneys and federal prosecutors from Cleveland and San Diego. The panelists discussed the health care fraud and abuse topics which are trending, including but not limited to, the uptick in prosecutions related to medical necessity, the proliferation of investigations related to compounding especially in relation to TriCare, pain and scar creams, and the speaker fee programs — the use of the Anti-Kickback Statute, in general, as a tool to combat health care fraud and abuse, and other significant trends.
Of significance, during the program, federal prosecutor, Michael Collyer, one of the panelists from the government who successfully prosecuted Harold Persaud for improperly implanting cardiac stents in patients and conducting useless, but expensive, nuclear stress tests described methodically the prosecution of Dr. Persaud and why his case was, for example, distinct from other physicians such as Dr. Amir Bajoghlu, a dermatologist in Northern Virginia who was acquitted after trial after having been accused of health care fraud and abuse related to the improper performance of Mohs surgeries.
Mr. Feldman is an Anti Kickback Statute attorney and frequent speaker on health care fraud and abuse issues and the Anti-Kickback Statute. Mr. Feldman also represents compounding pharmacies in issues ranging from diversion to sterile compounding compliance with USP 797 and has represented compounding pharmacies in administrative proceedings before the Department of Health, grand jury investigations, and in investigations related to fraud and abuse within the Tricare program. As an Anti-Kickback Statute attorney Mr. Feldman has also represented sales and marketing professionals under investigation or charged with health care fraud and abuse.