St. Jude Pays $27M For False Claims Stemming From Defective Heart Devices

(July 12, 2021, 9:22 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — St. Jude Medical LLC has agreed to pay $27 million to resolve allegations that it caused false claims to be submitted to three federal health care programs by failing to disclose a deadly battery defect in implantable heart devices St. Jude used to make, according to a settlement agreement disclosed July 8 by the U.S. Justice Department....