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Florida Spine Surgeon and Device Company Owner Charged in Kickback SchemeThe indictment alleges that SpineFrontier, Chin and Humad paid surgeons between $250 and $1,000 per hour in sham consulting fees...
Technology
EHR Vendor to Pay $3.8M to Settle Kickback AllegationsCareCloud Health said it "admitted no wrongdoing in this matter and has accepted settlement in an effort to move forward...
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AHA asks CMS to Spike IRF Demonstration AuditsThe proposed integrity audit on inpatient rehabilitation facilities in four states during the public health emergency raises a number of...
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athenahealth to Pay $18.2M to Resolve Kickback, False Claims AllegationsEnticements to customers included trips to The Masters, the U.S. Open, the Kentucky Derby, the World Series, the Indianapolis 500,...
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Kaiser Foundation MA Plan to Pay $6.3M to Settle False Claims Allegations.The alleged violations occurred in 2011 and 2012, before Group Health Cooperative was acquired by Kaiser Permanente.
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Purdue Pharma to Pay $8B to Settle Criminal, Civil Charges for Key Role in Opioid EpidemicThe settlement does not release from further criminal charges the Sackler family, owners of Purdue, nor any of company's executives...
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Merit Medical Systems to Pay $18M to Settle Kickback AllegationsUtah-based MSSI for more than six years allegedly paid millions of dollars in kickbacks to healthcare providers in the form...
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Wheeling Hospital to Pay $50M to Settle Stark, Anti-Kickback AllegationsThe settlement does not mandate a standard, five-year monitoring agreement for the hospital, nor an admission of wrongdoing on the...
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Konica Minolta Healthcare to Pay $500K to Settle False Claims Act AllegationsFederal prosecutors claim that Viztek LLC, a former subsidiary of Konica Minolta, falsely claimed that its EHR software was HHS...
Finance
Hospital Executive Charged in $1.4B Rural Hospital Billing SchemeProsecutors allege that Jorge A. Perez, 60, and nine others exploited federal regulations that allow some rural hospitals to charge...
Ex-Cleveland Clinic Researcher Arrested, Charged with Wire Fraud
Dr. Qing Wang allegedly failed to disclose to NIH that he was also receiving grant money from the Chinese government....