Seventh Circuit Reverses AKS Conviction Involving Payments to Marketers and DME Manufacturer
By EsqSocial Corporation 08/05/25
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