United States Tenth Circuit

A defendant may be guilty under the Medicare Antikickback Act, 42 USC 1320a-7b(b), when his offer, payment, solicitation, or receipt of remuneration was motivated merely in part to induce or in return for referrals, even if the defendant had a different primary purpose.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/18/2001
• Published 06/18/2001

Judges

• Before ANDERSON, BALDOCK and BRORBY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas S. Crane, Tracy A. Minder, Jeffrey D. Clements and Theresa M. Claffey, of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., Boston, MA, filed an amici curiae brief for The American Hospital Association, Federation of American Health Systems, Association of American Medical Colleges, and American Osteopathic Association, Missouri Hospital Association., Vicki Mandell-King, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Denver, Colorado;  Barbara E. Bergman, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Albuquerque, NM;  Philip C. Zimmerman of Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, Denver, CO, filed an amicus curiae brief for National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


• For Appellees:
  
• Tanya J. Treadway;  Jackie N. Williams, United States Attorney, Topeka, KS;  William H. Bowne, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, with her on the brief, Assistant United States Attorney, Topeka, KS, for plaintiff-appellee., Bruce C. Houdek of Bruce C. Houdek, P.C., Kansas City, MO, for defendant-appellant Robert C. LaHue., James R. Wyrsch;  Keith E. Drill, Jacqueline A. Cook, and Cheryl A. Pilate with him on the briefs, of Wyrsch Hobbs Mirakian & Lee, P.C., Kansas City, MO, for defendant-appellant Dan Anderson., Jeffrey D. Morris of Bryan Cave LLP, Overland Park, KS, for defendant-appellant Ronald H. LaHue.