Insurance Company Files Racketeering Claim Against Medtronic

Insurance company Humana recently filed racketeering charges against Medtronic for allegedly giving payouts to surgeons to promote off-label use of the company’s bone growth product in medical journals. The insurer said that it unnecessarily paid for Infuse bone-graft treatments when less expensive therapies should have been used, based on established medical guidelines.
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