All Anti-Kickback Statute articles – Page 3

  • Money
    Article

    Sutter Health pays $30M in lawsuit

    2019-11-15T19:35:00Z

    Healthcare services provider Sutter Health will pay $30.5 million in a lawsuit filed by a former compliance officer alleging fraud and kickbacks, though Sutter did not admit laibility and points out there was no finding that Sutter violated anti-kickback laws. 

  • Pharmaceuticals
    Article

    Avanir to pay $116M for engaging in kickback scheme

    2019-09-30T19:30:00Z

    Avanir Pharmaceuticals will pay a combined $116 million in civil and criminal penalties for paying kickbacks to a physician to induce prescriptions of its drug Nuedexta, the Department of Justice announced.

  • Article

    Allscripts $145M settlement indicative of broader enforcement trend

    2019-08-12T18:23:00Z

    Allscripts Healthcare Solutions has reached a $145 million agreement in principle with the DOJ to resolve civil and criminal investigations into violations of HIPAA and anti-kickback laws.

  • pills
    Article

    Novartis sets aside $700M in kickback case

    2019-07-19T15:19:00Z

    Swiss pharmaceutical drug maker Novartis announced it has set aside $700 million for a potential settlement in a long-running lawsuit over allegations that the company paid hundreds of millions of dollars in kickbacks to doctors to induce them into prescribing drugs to patients to boost their sales.

  • Pharmaceuticals
    Article

    Astellas, Amgen to pay $124.75M for False Claims Act violations

    2019-04-26T20:03:00Z

    Pharmaceutical companies Astellas and Amgen will pay a total of $124.75 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by illegally paying the Medicare co-pays for their own high-priced drugs.

  • Article

    Covidien to pay $17.5M for False Claims Act violations

    2019-03-12T15:22:00Z

    Covidien has agreed to pay $17.5 million for violations of the False Claims Act by providing free or discounted practice development and market development support to physicians in California and Florida to induce purchases of Covidien products, the Department of Justice announced.

  • Blog

    Tenet Healthcare to pay $513M in kickback settlement

    2016-10-03T13:45:00Z

    Tenet Healthcare and several of its subsidiaries today agreed to pay more than a combined $513 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a scheme to pay kickbacks in return for patient referrals. Jaclyn Jaeger has more.

  • Blog

    Olympus to pay $623.2 million for kickback scheme

    2016-03-01T15:00:00Z

    Olympus Corporation of the Americas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan-based Olympus, will pay $623.2 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a scheme to pay kickbacks to doctors and hospitals—the largest total amount paid in U.S. history for violations involving the Anti-Kickback Statute by a medical device ...