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J&J PowerPoint Kickback Case Lesson: Keep Those Intentions Clean!
Published on Tue Jan 12, 2010
3 precautions every provider should take when presenting financials. The feds -- who were already hassling Johnson & Johnson and Omnicare for their financial relationship -- now have a PowerPoint presentation to add to their contention that J&J violated the False Claims Act when it attempted to influence the prescribing of J&J drugs. The case contains some important lessons for providers and facilities. Read on to find out why the PowerPoint was way too sketchy to be called professionally-prepared, and what you should do to avoid making the feds think you are intentionally beating around the bush. A little over a year ago, it was alleged that nursing home giant, Omnicare, took kickbacks from J&J after which it settled a False Claims Act case with the feds and a handful of states for $98 million. But that was not the end of it. On Jan. 15, 2010, the DOJ announced it [...]