Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard Tapert, Harvey Golden, Gerald Weingarden, Donald Freedlander and Robertgash
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 16, 1980No. 79-5222-79-5224, 79-5269 and 79-5270PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRY PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.
These are consolidated appeals by five Detroit osteopathic physicians who were convicted of receiving kickbacks for sending urine and blood samples of their patients to Titan Laboratories (Titan) for analysis. All five of the physicians were enrolled in the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the charges for the laboratory analysis were paid to Titan out of Medicare and Medicaid funds. The district court held that the payments violated the original version of 42 U.S.C. § 1396h(b),1 which was in effect during the years involved in this case. In 1977 Congress…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- United States v. Charles ShermetaroCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Bobby Lee WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by29 opinions
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