Litigation
Oct. 9, 2013
Doctor-owned medical device distributors to sue over fraud alert
The suit comes in response to a government fraud alert that deemed medical device manufacturers with doctor ownership interests "inherently suspect under the anti-kickback statute."
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - The debate over the legality of physician-owned medical device distributors and manufacturers is a topic du jour in the medical community. With no law barring the practice and relatively ambiguous regulatory guidance until recently, the practice of smaller medical device manufacturers recruiting doctors with partnership opportunities proliferated during the last decade.
But after congres...
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