Health Care Revolving Door Roundup

Increasingly, the regulatory and law enforcement functions of the US government in the health care sphere seem to be blending with the management of large health care organizations.  One mechanism for this is the "revolving door," the constant interchange of personnel between government agencies and corporate management.  Here is a list of some of this year's interesting cases of people transiting the revolving door between US government agencies that are supposed to regulate health care organizations or enforce the relevant laws and the organizations subject to these regulations and laws.   Note that this list may not be complete.  It is difficult to keep track of these transitions.  Leader of Health Care Fraud Section of Philadelphia US Attorney's Office to Teva PharmaceuticalsVia MainJustice.org in March, 2013,John Pease, who led the government and health care fraud section in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia, has left the Justice Department for a job with a pharmaceutical company.Pease, 45, is a new senior counsel at Teva Pharmaceuticals, where he oversees government investigations of the company for the Americas.  'I was just ready to try something different,' Pease said in an interview. Leader of US Department of Justice Fraud Section in Charge of Health Care Issues to Law Firm as Defender of Companies and Senior ExecutivesThe initial notice again was via MainJustice.org in March, 2013Sam Sheldon, the deputy chief in the...

Source: Health Care Renewal - August 7, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: FDA US Department of Justice health care corruption revolving doors Mylan Teva conflicts of interest Source Type: blogs