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DOJ intervenes in FCA lawsuit against Life Spine for an illegal kickback scheme

By Savannah Wiseman (US) and Benjamin Wallfisch (US) on July 29, 2019 Posted in Enforcement

This week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) intervened in a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit against Life Spine and two of its executives, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The lawsuit alleges that Life Spine violated the Anti-Kickback Statute by paying more than $7 million in consulting fees, … Continue reading

CMS releases 2018 Open Payments data

By Benjamin Wallfisch (US) and Savannah Wiseman (US) on July 2, 2019 Posted in Transparency

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released Open Payments data reflecting payments and transfers of value from drug and medical device companies to physicians and teaching hospitals in 2018, totaling approximately $9.35 billion in payments and more than 11.4 million payment records. This represents a 4.3% increase from the $8.4 billion reported … Continue reading