Opinion ID: 159779
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Text: 1 After a jury convicted Dennis McClatchey of one count of conspiracy and one count of violating the Medicare Antikickback Act (the Act), the district court granted McClatchey's motion for acquittal on both charges. The district court concluded there was insufficient evidence from which a reasonable jury could find McClatchey had a specific intent to violate the Act. Additionally, the district court ruled in the alternative that McClatchey would be entitled to a new trial based on prejudicial variances between the indictment and the case presented to the jury. The government appeals both the judgment of acquittal and the alternative grant of a new trial. Exercising jurisdiction 1 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1291 and 18 U.S.C. 3731, this court reverses both rulings. We also reject McClatchey's two further arguments for affirming the district court's grant of a new trialthat the district court improperly instructed the jury it could convict McClatchey if remuneration was paid at least in part to induce patient referrals and that the court erred in receiving certain evidence.