Orthofix Medicare Probe Settlement Wins U.S. Judge’s Approval
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Orthofix International NV won court approval of a settlement of federal regulators’ claims that the maker of bone-repair products defrauded Medicare through a kickback scheme involving doctors, prosecutors said.
U.S. District Judge William G. Young in Boston yesterday accepted an Orthofix unit’s offer to plead guilty to a felony count of obstructing an audit and pay a $7.6 million criminal fine a day after the judge refused to give final approval to the deal, Christina DiIorio-Sterling, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston, said in an e-mailed statement.