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Whistleblower: Device Makers Cheated Medicare

By Edward Bills

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A former Boston Scientific saleswoman has filed a lawsuit accusing the company and six other firms of defrauding the federal Medicare program by promoting surgical devices for off-label uses. According to the whistleblower lawsuit, the companies violated the federal False Claims Act by encouraging health care providers to perform a heart procedure as a more costly inpatient procedure. Other companies named in the lawsuit include Medtronic Inc., St. Jude Medical Inc., Endoscopic Technologies Inc., and Atricure Inc

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on July 15, 2009 (boomark / email).

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