(October 15, 2020, 2:18 PM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — Medical device maker Merit Medical Systems Inc. will pay $18 million to the United States and various state governments to resolve whistleblower allegations that the company caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs by paying kickbacks to physicians and hospitals to induce the purchase of the company’s medical products, the U.S. Justice Department said in an Oct. 14 press release (United States, ex rel. Charles J. Wolf, M.D. v. Merit Medical Systems, Inc., No. 16-1855, D. N.J.)....