Device Mfg – Surgeon relationships are ripe for fraud litigation

Devicemaker-doctor relationships ripe for fraud litigation (Modern Healthcare)
A recent False Claims Act lawsuit claiming that a medical device company paid kickbacks to doctors illustrates an increasingly tenuous arrangement that may spur more whistleblower cases.
The Department of Justice intervened in the whistleblower suit against Life Spine seeking millions of dollars of damages for allegedly paying kickbacks in the form of consulting fees, royalties and intellectual property acquisition fees to induce physicians to use the manufacturer's spinal implants, devices and equipmen...