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The Rise of the Travel Act

The DOJ continues to prioritize health care anti-fraud enforcement through the aggressive use of different statutes and investigative methods. Now, the government is putting a 60-year-old tool to a new use: It is using the federal Travel Act to pursue criminal charges against health care entities in connection with health care bribery/kickback schemes. This article discusses these recent actions and the potential ramifications of the expansion of the scope of the Travel Act.

28 minute read October 02, 2017 at 12:04 AM
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Jonathan S. Feld, Monica B. Wilkinson, Lea F. Courington and Alison L. Carruthers
The Rise of the Travel Act

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to prioritize health care anti-fraud enforcement through the aggressive use of different statutes and investigative methods.

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