{"id":721,"date":"2019-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/former-rico-prosecutor-offers-insider-tips-for-avoiding-opioid-and-prescription-fraud-investigations\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:40:19","slug":"former-rico-prosecutor-offers-insider-tips-for-avoiding-opioid-and-prescription-fraud-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/former-rico-prosecutor-offers-insider-tips-for-avoiding-opioid-and-prescription-fraud-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"Former RICO Prosecutor Offers Insider Tips for Avoiding Opioid and Prescription Fraud Investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Barone Defense Firm is pleased to announce that Patrick Barone and Keith Corbett will be co-presenting to the Oakland County Bar Association\u2019s Medical Legal Committee on April 4, 2019. Their presentation will offer attendees an insider view of the federal government\u2019s tactics, objectives and methods of conducting an opioid fraud investigation. They will also offer tips for avoiding governmental scrutiny as well as what to do when contacted by the government.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Corbett will take the lead role in this presentation.\u00a0 He is an entertaining and informative speaker and will draw upon the wealth of knowledge and experience gained over the three decades he spent under the employ of the Department of Justice (DOJ), the institution charged with the investigating and prosecuting Medicare fraud. As Chief of the Organized Crime Strike Force for the United States Attorney\u2019s Office, Mr. Corbett gained invaluable insight into what happens \u201cbehind the curtain\u201d of the government\u2019s opioid investigations.\u00a0 He will use this knowledge to provide seminar attendees with insider tips for avoiding the scrutiny of the Federal Government and offer advice for how to handle the threat of prosecution when such scrutiny becomes unavoidable.<\/p>\n<p>This topic is currently of great concern to all health care professionals and the attorneys representing them due to the increasing federal pressure to investigate and hold responsible all health care professionals who engage in prescription fraud, with a special emphasis on cases involving opioids. For example, the Department of Health and Human Services announced late last year that they would spearhead a much more aggressive stance on prescription fraud, with a focus on stemming the opioid crisis in America.\u00a0These increased efforts included the dispatch of 300 new prosecutors whose efforts will be supervised by an Opioid Coordinator in each Department office.\u00a0 The number of prosecutions and excluded providers is expected to increase in 2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/former-rico-prosecutor-offers-insider-tips-for-avoiding-opioid-and-prescription-fraud-investigations\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Former RICO Prosecutor Offers Insider Tips for Avoiding Opioid and Prescription Fraud Investigations\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Barone Defense Firm is pleased to announce that Patrick Barone and Keith Corbett will be co-presenting to the Oakland County Bar Association\u2019s Medical Legal Committee on April 4, 2019. 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