Health Care & Hospital Law
Dec. 13, 2011
Medical device company settles kickback suits
A major medical device company agreed Monday to pay the U.S. government $23.5 million to settle a pair of lawsuits accusing it of paying physicians kickbacks to use its products.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A major medical device company, already facing heat for allegedly failing to report side effects of a popular spinal surgical product, agreed Monday to pay the U.S. government $23.5 million to settle litigation accusing it of paying doctors kickbacks to use its devices.
According to federal authorities, Minnesota-based Medtronic Inc. sought doctors to participate in post-market product studies a...
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