A Massachusetts law firm accepted thousands of dollars from a pharmacy for a yacht outing, a holiday luncheon, and other social events in exchange for making 800 patient referrals, the state’s attorney general alleged.
Keches Law Group, a personal injury firm that employs 40-50 attorneys in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, received $90,000 in payments, plus perks, for its referrals to Injured Workers Pharmacy, a mail-order pharmacy in Andover, Mass., according to the complaint filed in Massachusetts Superior Court, Suffolk County.
Each month, the pharmacy allegedly paid Keches $4,000 for referring at least 40 patients, according to Attorney General…
