Court Dismisses POD Lawsuit Against OIG (press release)
On February 5, 2014, a federal court dismissed a challenge to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General's ("OIG") March 26, 2013 Special Fraud Alert ("2013 SFA") on physician-owned distributors ("PODs"). The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in the Central District of California by Reliance Medical Systems, LLC ("Reliance"), which had historically included physician owners, and was considering a return to the POD business model. Reliance filed suit against the OIG on October 8, 2013, alleging...
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