Practice Fusion to overhaul compliance after $145M kickback resolution
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-02-05T16:37:00
Practice Fusion will pay a total of $145 million to resolve criminal and civil investigations for its leading role in an opioid kickback scheme. Particularly notable are the new compliance obligations imposed upon it, which are as weighty and significant as the fine itself.
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