DJO fined $7.6M for “assumptive selling” of unnecessary TENS electrodes

DJO GLOBAL PAYS $7.62 MILLION OVER “ASSUMPTIVE SELLING” ALLEGATIONS  (Orthopedics this week)

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DJO Global Inc., has agreed to pay $7.62 million to the feds to resolve allegations that its subsidiary, Empi Inc. (Empi), submitted false claims to TRICARE for "excessive, unnecessary transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) electrodes that TRICARE beneficiaries did not need or use."
TRICARE is the military's health insurance arm.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced the settlement on January 23, 2018. The agency noted the claim...


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