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Athenahealth settles kickback case for $18.25M
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-01-29T19:46:00
The Department of Justice announced an $18.25 million settlement with electronic health records technology vendor athenahealth for allegedly paying unlawful kickbacks to generate sales.
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