In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Benjamin Toh, MD, and Stephen Chahn Lee, Esq. Dr. Toh is a physician who was prosecuted by the federal government for a side job that he did for a few months in 2019, and actually had to serve time in federal prison.
They discuss:
- How Dr. Toh got involved in this side gig, how it was pitched to him, and how, unbeknownst to him, the government felt it was in violation of Medicare requirements and Anti-Kickback Statute
- How Dr. Toh may have been able to avoid serving time in federal prison had he been less naive and contacted an attorney earlier, and what doctors should know about what to do if they’re contacted about a government investigation
- What the arrest, trial process, and jail time was like, and what got Dr. Toh through it
- Red flags to watch out for and questions to ask when considering physician side gigs
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By way of disclosure, Stephen Lee is one of our sponsored listings on our website attorneys page. More about that relationship can be found at www.physiciansidegigs.com/attorneys. As an additional general disclaimer, nothing on this podcast is intended to be individualized advice, and you should talk to your own counsel prior to making any decisions on the basis of this podcast. We are simply relaying Dr. Toh’s experience as told by him and his attorney for educational purposes.
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