DFine to pay $2.39M fine to DOJ after whistleblower reports surgeon kickbacks

 
 
Whistleblower Costs DFine $2.39 Million for Kickbacks (written by Walter Eisner @ OTW)
A whistleblower has struck San Jose, California-based DFine Inc.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on October 26 that DFine Inc. has agreed to pay $2.39 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that the company paid kickbacks to "induce physicians to use certain of the company's devices."
The government said DFine paid physicians up to $500 per patient to participate in customer surveys known as User Preference Evaluations (UPE). Each UPE survey required use of a ...