athenahealth Will Pay $18.25 Million To Settle Kickback Allegations

EHR developer athenahealth has agreed to pay $18.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to generates sales of its athenaClinicals product. In its complaint, the US Justice Department claimed that athenahealth violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by running questionable marketing programs. One of […]
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