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February 25, 2022   
Health Law Weekly

Pain Management Practice Owner Sentenced to Prison in Subsys Kickback Scheme

  • February 25, 2022

Howard Hoffberg, M.D. was sentenced to eight months in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute in connection with a scheme to accept payments from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for prescribing Subsys—a fentanyl-based drug, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron announced February 24.

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