While most health care fraud cases deal with drug diversion, improper billing, and fraudulent insurance claims, there are other potential pitfalls for medical providers which are less common. One such pitfall is violating the Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act (21 U.S.C. § 301, et al.).
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According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Johnson City, Tennessee physician William Kincaid, was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison earlier this week for violating the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Kincaid was a doctor with East Tennessee Hematology-Oncology Associates, P.C., d/b/a McLeod Cancer and Blood Center.
Kincaid entered into a plea agreement, wherein he admitted that he had been obtaining unapproved drugs from a Canadian business, Quality Specialty Products, beginning in 2007. Such unapproved drugs are often referred to as "misbranded" drugs. These misbranded drugs included chemotherapy medications and were administered at Kincaid's medical clinic.
Greeneville Federal Court Judge J. Ronnie Greer sentenced Kindcaid, and the Judge declared that Kincaid's actions were "about greed" and the "motivation was to make more money." Judge Greer also pointed out that, although it was impossible to know which patients had received the unapproved drugs, the "emotional harm" to patients from not knowing whether they had received unapproved drugs contributed to the seriousness of the offense.
Kincaid's attorney informed the Court that his client had entered into an agreement with the United States and the State of Tennessee to pay $2.55 million in settlement of civil claims under the False Claims Act for false and fraudulent claims submitted to Medicare and TennCare.
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According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Johnson City, Tennessee physician William Kincaid, was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison earlier this week for violating the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Kincaid was a doctor with East Tennessee Hematology-Oncology Associates, P.C., d/b/a McLeod Cancer and Blood Center.
Kincaid entered into a plea agreement, wherein he admitted that he had been obtaining unapproved drugs from a Canadian business, Quality Specialty Products, beginning in 2007. Such unapproved drugs are often referred to as "misbranded" drugs. These misbranded drugs included chemotherapy medications and were administered at Kincaid's medical clinic.
Greeneville Federal Court Judge J. Ronnie Greer sentenced Kindcaid, and the Judge declared that Kincaid's actions were "about greed" and the "motivation was to make more money." Judge Greer also pointed out that, although it was impossible to know which patients had received the unapproved drugs, the "emotional harm" to patients from not knowing whether they had received unapproved drugs contributed to the seriousness of the offense.
Kincaid's attorney informed the Court that his client had entered into an agreement with the United States and the State of Tennessee to pay $2.55 million in settlement of civil claims under the False Claims Act for false and fraudulent claims submitted to Medicare and TennCare.
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