kickback

As some of you will recall, last week I wrote about the ongoing, cyclic nature of medical device-maker kickback schemes. First, it seems, the manufacturers do, indeed, pay kickbacks to... Read more...

In this newsletter, you'll see a story every week or two about some medical device manufacturer who's caught providing kickbacks or bribes for doctors who use its product. When they're caught, the... Read more...

Things are getting ugly for device maker Blackstone Medical, which is facing a federal investigation for allegedly paying kickbacks to doctors who use its equipment. The federal government has asked... Read more...

Medical device maker Medtronic has been sued over alleged malfunctions in the leads for its defibrillators, which plaintiffs say gave them unnecessary shocks. Plaintiffs Leonard Stavish and Kelly... Read more...

HHS is giving federally-qualified community health centers a bit of a break. It has loosened up its its anti-kickback rules in a way which should make it easier for them to partner with hospitals,... Read more...

Increasingly, hospitals are looking at paying specialists to provide on-call coverage for their emergency departments. However, it looks like a new advisory opinion issued by the HHS inspector... Read more...

Orthopedic device maker Smith & Nephew has become the latest of a group of orthopedic device makers to settle kickback charges. The company agreed to pay $29 million to the U.S. Attorney for the... Read more...

Despite having spent $40 million to settle kickback charges, medical device maker Medtronic has continued to pay millions in consulting fees to spine surgeons, according to a whistle-blower involved... Read more...

The feds have unsealed a 2005 fraud case against a Franklin, Tenn.-based hospital company, that has been indicted on charges of siphoning off millions of Medicaid and Medicare dollars unfairly by... Read more...

The largest U.S. makers of artificial knees and hips are facing an investigation by federal prosecutors, who say that the companies illegally paid off surgeons with vacations, gifts and no-show consulting jobs in an effort to win their business. Manufacturers targeted include Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, Zimmer Holdings, Biomet, Stryker and Smith & Nephew. Federal prosecutors suggest that such payments constitute a kickback, as they're provided solely to buy …

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