Practice Fusion will pay a total of $145 million to resolve criminal and civil investigations for being the mastermind behind a kickback scheme designed to increase opioid sales, making it the first ever criminal action against an electronic health records software vendor. Particularly notable are the new compliance obligations imposed upon it, which are as weighty and significant as the fine itself.
Calling Practice Fusion’s conduct “abhorrent,” Christina Nolan, U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont, said the recovery is commensurate with the nature of Practice Fusion’s misconduct and “represents the largest criminal fine in the history of this District and requires Practice Fusion to admit to its wrongs.”
