Eye Surgery Provider Settles FCA Kickback Allegations for $12M
Posted 08/23/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Sightpath Medical, Inc., its parent TLC Vision Corp., and its former CEO James Tiffany have agreed to pay $12 million to resolve allegations, originally brought by a whistleblower, that they defrauded the government by billing it for eye surgery products and services tainted by illegal kickbacks to physicians.
According to the Justice Department’s press release, Sightpath...
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By Tim McCormack and Molly Knobler (published on 
The Department of Justice has recovered millions of dollars from hospitals, nursing homes, pharmaceutical companies and other medical providers through civil and criminal enforcement of the Anti-Kickback Law. But the agency has begun paying increased attention to the doctors, nurses and administrative professionals on the receiving end of these bribes.
The Anti-Kickback Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b) makes it...
