October 20, 2026
Law360 Healthcare Authority looks at the Second Circuit's denial of a drugmaker's request for full review of expert testimony for plaintiffs in a case alleging Tylenol causes autism, the preliminary approval of a $400 million settlement between Sandoz and a coalition of states in generic drug price-fixing litigation, and other legal news from the past week.
October 16, 2026
A former healthcare executive who cooperated with the government received an 18-month sentence Friday for his role in helping operate a $450 million scheme to swindle Medicare by using software that created false prescriptions for orthotic braces.
October 14, 2026
A Florida federal judge sentenced a former healthcare executive Wednesday to 19 years in prison for running a $450 million scheme to swindle Medicare by using software that created false prescriptions for orthotic braces.
May 13, 2026
A Florida federal jury found a former healthcare company executive guilty on Wednesday of swindling Medicare out of $450 million with software that created false prescriptions for orthotic braces.
April 23, 2026
An investigator with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told jurors on Thursday that a telemedicine doctor signed off on unnecessary orthotic braces for two fake personas he created to test out a software system that the government claims bilked Medicare out of nearly half a billion dollars.
April 21, 2026
A man accused of swindling Medicare out of nearly half a billion dollars was simply trying to make it easier for doctors to navigate labyrinthine Medicare regulations to get orthotic braces approved for their patients, his attorney told jurors in Florida federal court Tuesday.
December 19, 2025
A Florida federal judge sentenced a software company CEO to 15 years in prison Friday for participating in a scheme to coordinate illegal medical kickbacks through an internet platform, an operation that resulted in $1.4 billion worth of false billings to Medicare and other insurers for unnecessary medical products.
June 03, 2025
A Florida federal jury on Tuesday found a software company CEO guilty of participating in a scheme to coordinate illegal medical kickbacks through an internet platform, resulting in about $1.4 billion worth of false billings to Medicare and other insurers for unnecessary medical products, including orthotic braces.