Medtronic USA Inc. has agreed to pay more than $9 million to resolve allegations of kickbacks and failure to fully report payments made to a neurosurgeon, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced.
The settlement will include $8.1 million because of violations to the False Claims Act for allegedly paying kickbacks to Wilson Asfora, MD, a neurosurgeon in South Dakota, in an effort to persuade him to use its products, the DOJ reported in a press release.
The additional $1.1 million settlement is because of violations to the Open Payments Program for sending inaccurate reports to the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the payments to Asfora.
Source: Medtronic to Pay $9.2M Settlement for Kickbacks, False Reports / Medscape