United States v. Goodwin, No. 19-2778 (8th Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction of conspiracy to violate federal health care laws, as well as eleven substantive counts of health care fraud. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support the verdict where defendant voluntarily and intentionally participated in a conspiracy with knowledge that it was unjustifiable and wrongful to receive kickbacks and defraud Medicare. In this case, viewed in the light most favorable to the government, the evidence of significant experience with federal health care program reimbursements, his attestation that he would comply with federal anti-kickback laws, and his collection of specimens without a doctor's orders, is collectively enough evidence to support a conclusion that he knew the arrangement with AMS was unjustifiable and wrongful when he voluntarily joined the conspiracy.
Court Description: [Grasz, Author, with Loken and Arnold, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law. The evidence was sufficient to support defendant's convictions for conspiracy to violate federal health care laws and eleven substantive counts of health care fraud; viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, defendant voluntarily and intentionally participated in a conspiracy with knowledge that it was unjustifiable and wrongful to receive kickbacks and defraud Medicare. [ September 04, 2020 ]
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