Medical Kickbacks

Covidien LP will pay $17.5 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act to induce physicians to buy its vein ablation products, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco said.

SAN FRANCISCO — Covidien LP will pay $17.5 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act to induce physicians to buy its vein ablation products, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco said.

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