Prioritizing Patient Protection: Prosecutorial Discretion In Healthcare Fraud Investigations

Knox, Ryan

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Prioritizing Patient Protection: Prosecutorial Discretion In Healthcare Fraud Investigations

2019 N.Y.U. ANNUAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN LAW FORUM

15 Pages Posted: 17 Jul 2019

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Ryan Knox

Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science; Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Date Written: May 1, 2019

Abstract

This Article examines the ethical issues of prosecutorial discretion in healthcare fraud investigations, focusing on the tension arising out of a prosecutor’s role as attorney for the government and for the people.

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Knox, Ryan, Prioritizing Patient Protection: Prosecutorial Discretion In Healthcare Fraud Investigations (May 1, 2019). 2019 N.Y.U. ANNUAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN LAW FORUM, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3420220