By Steve Kardell | Published February 12, 2022 | Posted in Fraud, Graft and Corruption | Tagged Tags: healthcare fraud, kickback scheme, medical devices |
Arthrex Inc., an orthopedic device company based in Florida, agreed to pay $16 million to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) in illegally paying kickbacks to a physician so that physician would use and recommend its products. The allegations in the case were originally brought forth by a whistleblower under the FCA’s Read More
Read MoreThe U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently cleared the way for a whistleblower lawsuit against Medtronic to continue. The lawsuit alleges the medical devices company fraudulently obtained clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for several of its spinal fusion devices. A lawsuit had initially been dismissed in a California district court in Read More
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