Faced with two counts of Unlawful Distribution Causing Death, among other charges, the White Collar Defense team cleared the hefty charges without any additional jail time.
When the Government alleged a $454 million healthcare fraud scheme, our defense lawyers fought the indictment to achieve an acquittal.
The appellate court struck down feds’ argument that a Caro, Michigan-based urologist’s seized property was derived from illegal activity.
The biggest retailer in the U.S. just got served a civil complaint from the Department of Justice, with allegations of filling thousands of invalid prescriptions and not reporting suspicious opioid orders.
Our national DEA attorneys are dedicated to defending prescribers and dispensers against DEA investigations, registration applications and denials, audits and raids. Here’s what healthcare providers should know about the DEA process, from our perspective.
If You Run a Pharmacy, Are a Pain Management Specialist, or Prescribe Prescription Narcotics, the DEA, Feds Are Waiting to Strike. Our Healthcare Criminal Law
Case:
United States of America v. Loey Kousa, M.D., 7:22-cr-00008-REW-EBA-1
Venue:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Nearly a year after the DEA began an undercover operation into Kentucky pain physician, Dr. Loey Kousa’s practice, his office was swarmed by federal and state officers on the pretense of pill mill allegations. The DEA was accusing the 30-year doctor of not performing a physical examination before prescribing low doses of Ultram, a medication that has not always been considered a controlled substance, and Hydrocodone.
When a federal indictment built upon five counts of Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)) was slapped on Dr. Kousa, he instantly retained Chapman Law Group’s White Collar Defense team. Along with the “pill mill” accusations, the indictment also listed two counts of Health Care Fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1347) and two counts False Statements Relating to Health Care Matters (18 U.S.C. § 1035(a)(1) & (a)(2)).
After having the trial start date rescheduled twice, our white collar criminal defense team flew to Kentucky to fight the Government’s unsubstantiated claims against Dr. Kousa.
Our attorneys called physicians from Paul B. Hospital and a plethora of patients, including one who is a practicing pharmacist, to testify in support of Dr. Kousa and his standard of care. The Health Care Fraud attorneys also called specific experts to round out their defense for their client:
Accompanying their experts, our attorneys unraveled the undercover DEA agent. During the cross examination, it came to light that the agent was not aware of the DEA’s restrictions when he began his undercover investigation. Ironically, he also admitted that Dr. Kousa had exceeded the DEA requirements prior to prescribing the low doses of the controlled substances to ease the agent’s fake pain.
The Government spent four days presenting its case for the pain physician pill mill allegations, but it was filled with holes: Dr. Kousa had no past complaints or suspensions from the state medical board, no history of over-medicated patients, and no prior audits from insurance companies.
After the defense spent two days prying the holes in the Government’s case open even further, both sides presented their closing arguments before the court dismissed the jury to begin deliberation.
It only took one day for the jury to come back with a verdict: Dr. Kousa was found Not Guilty on all nine counts.
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Faced with two counts of Unlawful Distribution Causing Death, among other charges, the White Collar Defense team cleared the hefty charges without any additional jail time.
When the Government alleged a $454 million healthcare fraud scheme, our defense lawyers fought the indictment to achieve an acquittal.
The appellate court struck down feds’ argument that a Caro, Michigan-based urologist’s seized property was derived from illegal activity.
The biggest retailer in the U.S. just got served a civil complaint from the Department of Justice, with allegations of filling thousands of invalid prescriptions and not reporting suspicious opioid orders.
Our national DEA attorneys are dedicated to defending prescribers and dispensers against DEA investigations, registration applications and denials, audits and raids. Here’s what healthcare providers should know about the DEA process, from our perspective.
If You Run a Pharmacy, Are a Pain Management Specialist, or Prescribe Prescription Narcotics, the DEA, Feds Are Waiting to Strike. Our Healthcare Criminal Law
