October 17, 2013
Posted January 22, 2016
Boston Scientific Corp. agreed to pay $30Mn to settle allegations that, between 2002 and 2005, its Guidant subsidiary knowingly sold defective heart devices to health care facilities that in turn implanted the devices into Medicare patients. The allegations were first raised in a qui tamlawsuit filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJ
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