January 23, 2018

California medical device company DJO Global Inc. agreed to pay $7.62 million to resolve allegations that its Minnesota subsidiary Empi Inc. submitted false claims to TRICARE for excessive, unnecessary transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation electrodes that TRICARE beneficiaries did not need or use. TENS is a therapy that uses low-voltage electrical current for pain relief. DOJ

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