Abbott Settlement With DOJ Highlights Feds’ Anti-Fraud Efforts
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Abbott will pay $5.47 million to resolve allegations that it paid physicians for teaching assignments, speaking engagements and conferences with the expectation that they would in return facilitate product purchases at their hospitals.
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