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Regulatory
16 doctors, clinic owners sentenced in $250M opioid fraud scheme
By Dave Muoio / Mar 11, 2022 Sixteen people, including 12 doctors, will face prison time and hefty fines for their roles…
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Hospitals
HHS OIG Enforcement Actions on the Horizon Utilizing Open Payments, Advises Companies on Compliance
Pharmaceutical and device companies can expect federal agencies to begin pursuing enforcement actions against companies that fail to comply with…
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Financial
NuVasive® Reaches Agreement in Principle to Settle OIG Matter
SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwired – April 29, 2015) – NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA) (“NuVasive” or the “Company”), a medical device company…
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Biologics
Mimedx receives subpoena from Office of Inspector General, HHS
MiMedx Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDXG), the leading regenerative medicine company utilizing human amniotic tissue and patent-protected processes to develop and…
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Hospitals
OIG Study on “Questionable Billing” Regarding Clinical Laboratory Services
Complete Report Download the complete report Adobe® Acrobat® is required to read PDF files. Summary WHY WE DID THIS STUDY Medicare is the largest…
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Financial
Special Fraud Alert: Laboratory Payments to Referring Physicians
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Hospitals
Court Dismisses POD Lawsuit Against OIG
On February 5, 2014, a federal court dismissed a challenge to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office…
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Hospitals
U.S. Inspector General Issues Fraud Alert on Doctor-Owned Distributors
The U.S. Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a warning about the risk of fraud when doctors own medical…
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Recon
Scorecard – DOJ Versus Orthopedic Companies
Tiger Buford from OrthoStreams.com did a fabulous job of identifying where the orthopedic companies are currently with regard to the…
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Medtronic Pays $23.5 Million to Settle Physician Kickback Claims
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 — The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Medtronic Inc. of Fridley, Minn., has…
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Settle, Settle, Settle
In the recent release of their 1st Quarter Financial Results, Wright Medical cryptically references a possible settlement with the DOJ…
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