Seventh Circuit Reverses AKS Conviction Involving Payments to Marketers and DME Manufacturer

On April 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued its opinion in United States v. Sorensen, No. 24-1557, reversing the criminal conviction of Mark Sorensen, the owner of SyMed Inc., a Medicare-enrolled distributor of durable medical equipment. In reversing the conviction, the court determined that the government failed to establish that the recipients of the payments were in a position to influence healthcare decision-making. Because there was no evidence that...
By: King & Spalding

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