TranS1 Spine will settle fraudulent coding case for $6M

TranS1 Inc. has reached a tentative agreement to settle a federal investigation for $6 million (Orthopedics This Week)
The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, issued a subpoena against the company in October 2011. The subpoena was issued under the authority of the federal healthcare fraud and false claims statutes and sought documents for the period January 1, 2008 through October 6, 2011. Industry insiders speculated the investigation was related to coding issues.
Coding
On November 2, 2012, the company announced t...


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