Electronic Health Records Vendor Pays Big to Settle False Claims Act Charges
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Massachusetts-based eClinicalWorks, one of the country's largest vendors of electronic health records software, agreed to pay $155 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by misrepresenting the capabilities of its software and by paying kickbacks to certain customers in exchange for promoting the company's product. It is the largest False Claims Act settlement in the electronic health records industry. In addition...