A former Texas hospital chief executive officer, Jeffrey Paul Madison, was recently sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for conspiring to violate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”). Madison also agreed to pay over $5.3 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act involving illegal payments to physicians for laboratory referrals in violation of the AKS. Other co-conspirators were also charged with lesser prison sentences and monetary fines.
