DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENTS ALIVE AND WELL 15 YEAR AFTER CHRISTIE CONTROVERSY

 DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENTS ALIVE AND WELL 15 YEAR AFTER CHRISTIE CONTROVERSY 

 “N.J. medical company will pay $95K in settlement after alleged kickbacks to physicians,” by NJ Advance Media’s Jackie Roman: “A Morris County sonography company has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve criminal charges alleging it paid physicians kickbacks to persuade them to refer patients to use their services and will pay $95,000 to settle a related civil lawsuit brought by a doctor, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. From January 2015 through December 2018, H&D Sonography LLC of Parsippany agreed to make inflated rent payments to physicians in exchange for referring patients for diagnostic testing to H&D, the office said. … After H&D began making payments, physicians would refer patients to H&D for diagnostic tests, which were then billed to Medicare, according to court documents. …

 As part of the three-year deferred prosecution agreement, H&D must demonstrate good conduct to avoid future criminal conviction. The sonography company also agreed to pay $95,000 to settle civil allegations.”

THE EASTER BUNNY REPRESENTATION IS WHAT EARNED HIM SUCH PROMINENCE — “Jersey City attorney charged with bilking $2 million from clients now facing more trouble; detention ordered,” by The Jersey Journal’s Ron Zeitlinger: “A prominent Jersey City attorney charged earlier this year with bilking a client out of $2 million is now accused of forging his attorney’s signature, has been ordered locked up until his trial and his license has been suspended. James Lisa’s bail was revoked and he was ordered detained through prosecution, but he remains free after being granted a 30-day stay last week. That appeared to be the latest in a bizarre chain of events that started with the 68-year-old — who has represented accused killers, violent predators and even the ‘Newport Easter bunny’ over the years — being arrested in January.”