Boston Scientific and Subsidiaries
Outcome
OIG enforcement action against Boston Scientific and Subsidiaries for healthcare fraud. Penalty: $30 million.
Details
Boston Scientific and Subsidiaries — OIG Enforcement (2002)
OIG took enforcement action against Boston Scientific and Subsidiaries in 2002 involving healthcare fraud violations in the DME Suppliers sector.
Penalty: $30 million
Violation types: Healthcare Fraud
Entity type: Dme Supplier
Penalty type: Settlement
Source: Boston Scientific and Subsidiaries to pay $30 Million for Guidant's Sale of Defective Heart Devices for Use in Medicare Patients
How Crucible Prevents This
Crucible's compliance monitoring controls for DME Suppliers would have detected the patterns underlying this violation through automated screening, documentation enforcement, and real-time alert escalation.
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