In recent years, state and federal prosecutors have dedicated unprecedented resources to the investigation and prosecution of fraud in the health care industry. Drinker Biddle lawyers have represented pharmaceutical manufacturers, hospitals, health care systems, health care service providers, equipment providers and others in the health care industry in connection with investigations arising under the False Claims Act, the Medicare Anti-Kickback laws, and related statutory and regulatory provisions.

These representations include:

• Conducting an internal investigation on behalf of a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company into alleged improper awarding of honoraria to medical doctors for marketing of certain drugs;
• Conducting an internal investigation on behalf of a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company in connection with allegations that the company’s employees were attempting to sell its trade secrets;
• Representing hospitals and health care systems in connection with Department of Health & Human Services and Office of the Inspector General investigations into manipulation of outlier payments;
• Defending the president of a hospice care provider in a federal prosecution for Medicare fraud, mail fraud and RICO violations in what the Department of Justice identified as the largest Medicare fraud case ever brought against a single individual;
• Representing the marketing director of an orthopedic device manufacturer in connection with a federal investigation into an alleged conspiracy to violate anti-kickback laws; and
• Conducting an internal investigation on behalf of a medical center in connection with suspicious behavior by an employee, who was ultimately arrested and convicted for committing multiple homicides.