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April 21, 2023   
Health Law Weekly

Sixth Circuit Upholds Physician’s Convictions for Unlawful Opioid Prescribing, Fraud

  • April 21, 2023

A divided Sixth Circuit panel affirmed April 17 the convictions of an Ohio physician for violating the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and for committing health care fraud, holding the district court did not abuse its discretion in rejecting the defendant’s “good faith” instruction or in admitting the government’s medical expert’s testimony.

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