False Claims Act (FCA), Coding – falls into: “fraud (intentional)” or “abuse (innocent mistake).” * The #1 Target that the DOJ Criminal Division will prioritize and investigate begins with Healthcare and Procurement Fraud—memorandum: May 12, 2025. A What was once considered criminal,
Read More
FCA #1: HEALTHCARE. IF YOU’RE A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER OR SYSTEM CEO-COO, A CONTRACTOR, OR PROCUREMENT OFFICER: UNDERSTAND THE DOJ 5/12, & 19/2025 MEMOS DON’T BE ON THEIR TARGET LIST. + 5/12/2025 MEMORANDUM TO: All Criminal Division Personnel FROM: Matthew R. GaleottiHead of
Read More
Once you’ve BEEN criminally indicted, SENTENCE PREPARATION STARTS. DO NOT WAIT. – Federal Judge Robert N. Scola * IT’S NEVER TOO EARLY TO PREPARE – THIS IS “YOUR” LIFE * PREPARING FOR YOUR INTERVIEW CAN’T BE TOO EARLY. YOUR PRESENTENCE REPORT DICTATES EVERYTHING THAT
Read More
A HEARTFELT ALLOCUTION BEGINS WITH A WELL-WRITTEN NARRATIVE. Dr. M. Blatstein WHITE-COLLAR SENTENCE MITIGATION SOLUTIONS | PHYSICIAN PRESENTENCE REPORT SERVICE | PRISON CONSULTANTS LinkedIn Article, March 29, 2025 A “It’s surprising how many otherwise competent attorneys punt at the sentencing hearing.” – Federal
Read More
THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES, SO WHAT CAN YOU DO? * INSPECT YOUR EXPECTATIONS * * I YOUR MEDICAL RECORD. As long as possible before your Presentence Interview, should you need to continue current medical treatments, preparation should start to get copies of
Read More
Has He Helped or Hindered His Defense? His Allocution Could Be His Only Lifeline, But Is He Ready? * BEFORE HIS PLEA, 2024 I wrote on September 7, 2024. George Santos now faces nearly two dozen criminal charges but has reached a
Read More
2/2024, Evaluation of Issues Surrounding Inmate Deaths in Federal BOP Institutions9/26/2024, Inspection of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Federal Correctional Institution Lewisburg a In March 2023, Thornhill received an 80-month federal prison sentence for drug-related offenses. While serving time in Idaho in
Read More
A BAD IDEA: * IT REDUCES COSTS – WHILE INCREASING VIOLENCE AND DEATHS. HERE’S WHY. IT’S SIMPLE, REALLY, * “Jails and prisons are not healthcare institutions.” * Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs are about to switch from monthly injections (primarily of buprenorphine, which
Read More
TURNS YOUR PSR INTO A ‘MEDICAL REFERRAL’ * Dr. M. Blatstein WHITE-COLLAR SENTENCE MITIGATION SOLUTIONS | PHYSICIAN PRESENTENCE REPORT SERVICE | PRISON CONSULTANTS LinkedIn Article, March 26, 2025 ENSURE ITS ACCURACY – YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT. DON’T FOCUS ON WHAT
Read More
PREPARATION – BEYOND THE LEGAL THE NUANCES OF YOUR PERSONAL BACKGROUND – ARE ‘NOT PART’ OF A TRADITIONAL DEFENSE. A A ANO ONE WAKES UP ONE MORNING INTENDING TO BREAK THE LAW – AND PRISON. WHILE THINKING, THAT’S WHERE I
Read More
