Four Medical Device Companies Made $800M In Illegitimate Payments To Physicians Over Four Years, HHS OIG Official Says

Four companies that manufacture artificial hips and knees paid physicians more than $800 million in royalties and fees over four years to influence them to use their products, Gregory Demske, assistant inspector general of legal Affairs at the HHS Office of Inspector General said during a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on Wednesday,

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Filed under: Medical Devices on March 3rd, 2008