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Recent kickback cases yield almost $20 million in settlements for the United States | Bricker & Eckler LLP


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The Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Attorney’s Offices have been quite busy settling False Claims Act (FCA) cases during the first month and a half of 2021. Two recent FCA lawsuits based, at least in part, on allegations of violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute, have already brought in almost $20 million in recovery to the United States in 2021.
athenahealth
On January 28, 2021, the DOJ announced a settlement with athenahealth, Inc. Under the settlement, athenahealth agreed to pay $18.25 million “to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by paying illegal kickbacks to generate sales of its EHR [electronic health records] product athenaClinicals [and athenaOne].” According to the DOJ’s complaint-in-intervention, athenahealth operated three marketing programs that paid kickbacks to customers in exchange for referring new clients to athenahealth. According to the complaint ....

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