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Subdivision 1.Definitions.
(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings given.
(b) "Public media" means telephone directories, professional directories, newspapers and other periodicals, radio and television, billboards, and mailed or electronically transmitted written communications that do not involve in-person contact with a specific prospective patient or client.
(c) "Runner," "capper," or "steerer" means a person who for a pecuniary gain directly procures or solicits prospective patients through telephonic, electronic, or written communication, or in-person contact, at the direction of, or in cooperation with, a health care provider when the person knows or has reason to know that the provider's purpose is to perform or obtain services or benefits under or relating to a contract of motor vehicle insurance. The term runner, capper, or steerer does not include a person who solicits or procures clients either through public media, or consistent with the requirements of section 65B.54, subdivision 6.
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Subd. 2.Act constituting.
Whoever employs, uses, or acts as a runner, capper, or steerer is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to a payment of a fine of not more than $6,000, or both. Charges for any services rendered by a health care provider, who violated this section in regard to the person for whom such services were rendered, are noncompensable and unenforceable as a matter of law.
Notes of Decisions
United States v. Dana Kidd, Jr., 963 F.3d 742 (8th Cir. 2020).
· cites it 3× “Minn. Stat. § 609.612 , subdiv. 2. A runner “procures or solicits prospective patients through telephonic, electronic, or written communication, or in-person contact” on behalf of a health care provider “when the person knows or has reason to know that the provider’s purpose is…”
Pietsch v. Minnesota Bd. of Chiropractic Examiners, 662 N.W.2d 917 (Minn. Ct. App. 2003).
· cites it 4× “[2] In 2002, the Minnesota Legislature passed Minn.Stat. § 609.612 (2002), which prohibits the use of runners by healthcare providers when the provider's purpose is to fraudulently perform or obtain services or benefits under or relating to a contract of motor vehicle insurance.”
1-800-411-Pain Referral Serv., LLC v. Tollefson, 915 F. Supp. 2d 1032 (D. Minnesota 2012).
· cites it 4× “The definition for the terms "runner, cap-per, or steerer, previously defined in Minn. Stat. § 609.612 , subd. 1(c), was likewise amended as follows: (c) "Runner," "capper,” or “steerer: means a person who for a pecuniary gain directly procures or solicits prospective patients…”
United States v. Abdisalan Hussein, 79 F.4th 991 (8th Cir. 2023).
· cites it 5× “3d at 927 (quoting Minn. Stat. § 609.612 , subd. 2). After a jury trial, the district court ordered Hussein to pay $187,277 in restitution to the insurance companies he defrauded.”
Mohamed v. Barr (D. Minnesota 2020).
· cites it 2× “) On June 6, 2017, Petitioner was convicted in Hennepin County District Court on two counts of “Fraud – Employment of Runners” in violation of Minn. Stat. § 609.612 , subd. 2. (Van Der Vaart Decl.”
Mohamed v. United States (S.D.N.Y. 2020).
“Almost a decade later, in June 2017, a Minnesota state court found Mohamed guilty of insurance fraud for referring two patients to a doctor in violation of Minn. Stat. 609.612, subd. 2. The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) detained Mohamed, asserting that he was eligible…”
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