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October 17, 2013
Boston Scientific To Pay $30M In Defibrillator FCA Suit
Boston Scientific Corp. will pay $30 million to settle a long-running False Claims Act suit alleging its Guidant LLC unit fleeced Medicare by submitting fraudulent bills for two lines of defective implantable defibrillators, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.
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February 12, 2013
Gov't Can Depose Guidant Workers In $726M FCA Suit: Judge
A Minnesota federal judge Tuesday handed the federal government a procedural victory in a whistleblower's $726 million False Claims Act suit against Boston Scientific Corp. unit Guidant LLC, ruling that company employees can be deposed regarding testing and design of allegedly faulty cardiac implants.
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December 11, 2012
US Must Give Medicare Info In $726M Heart Implant FCA Suit
A magistrate judge in Minnesota ordered the federal government on Monday to turn over documents related to Medicare coverage criteria in a $726 million whistleblower lawsuit against Boston Scientific Corp. unit Guidant LLC over allegedly fraudulent claims for defective cardiac implants.
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October 22, 2012
Guidant Pushes US To Prove FCA Claims Aren't Resolved
The U.S. government has failed to refute Boston Scientific Corp. unit Guidant LLC's contention that the parties previously settled more than 40 percent of allegedly fraudulent Medicare claims for defective cardiac implants that make up a $726 million whistleblower lawsuit, the company said Monday.
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March 15, 2012
Guidant Can't Kill $726M FCA Suit Over Implant Claims
A whistleblower on Wednesday defeated a bid by Boston Scientific Corp. and its Guidant LLC unit to dismiss his complaint in Minnesota claiming Guidant — which copped to related criminal charges — caused the U.S. to pay $726 million in false claims for defective cardiac implants.