Conspiracy – Referral Kickbacks

By: Derek Hawkins//May 16, 2017//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Clarence Nagelvoort et al

Case No.: 15-2766; 15-2821

Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, BAUER, Circuit Judge, and SHADID, * District Judge.

Focus: Conspiracy – Referral Kickbacks

On March 25, 2015, after a seven‐week trial, a jury convicted Edward Novak and Clarence Nagelvoort of knowingly and willfully causing Sacred Heart Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, to offer and pay kickbacks to physicians in return for patient referrals, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1320a–7b(b)(2)(A)(Anti‐Kickback Statute), and conspiracy to do so in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. They now challenge their convictions on a number of grounds. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the convictions

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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