November 27, 2012
Medtronic Inc. asked a Mississippi federal judge Monday to dismiss a qui tam False Claims Act suit over an alleged kickback scheme to promote off-label use of two of its products and defraud Medicare and Medicaid, saying the relator's case was based entirely on public information.
May 11, 2012
A whistleblower lawsuit unsealed in Mississippi federal court Friday alleges Medtronic Inc. and affiliated doctors violated the False Claims Act through a kickback scheme promoting off-label use of Medtronic's Infuse bone graft product and Pyramid spine plate system.