Health Record Company Pays $145M In Criminal, Civil Penalties For Kickbacks

(January 28, 2020, 1:38 PM EST) -- Electronic health records technology company Practice Fusion Inc. has agreed to pay $145 million to resolve federal criminal and civil investigations into its receipt of a $1 million kickback from an unidentified opioid manufacturer and “sponsorships” payments by 13 other drug companies for the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Justice Department announced Jan. 27 (United States v. Practice Fusion, Inc., No. 20-cr-11, D. Vt.)....