Medical Device Maker Medtronic Settles Fraud Case with Justice Department for $75 million.

The Associated Press reported on 5/22/08 that Medtronic will be settling the Justice Department’s fraud case against it for $75 million. The case stems from allegations that spinal catheter maker Kyphon fraudulently caused hospitals to file inflated reimbursement claims with Medicare for back surgery known as kyphoplasty. Kyphon was acquired in November of 2007 by…

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Insurance Defense Lawyer lies to treating doctor to get private or confidential information

The law firm of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. has been apprised of another instance of an insurance defense lawyer misidentifying himself to a client’s treating doctor in order to get information that may be confidential, private and/or irrelevant to the case.   While there are ethical rules governing lawyer conduct, Doug Landau has seen the Virginia Workers…

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