A medical sales rep blows the whistle on an alleged kickback scheme where he says a company bribed staff at a Veterans Affairs hospital to buy unnecessary medical devices at taxpayer expense, and use them in medically unnecessary procedures on veterans.
The company and doctors dispute the allegations and deny any wrongdoing.
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Many years ago, I was employed at a VA – the doctors at the time were salaried. The ordering of supplies would be done by someone in the general bureaucracy of the system; doctors would have little to no influence. So it makes it hard for me to understand, even after listening to this, that doctors took bribes.
Although, it wouldn’t be the first time Medtronic tried such a thing.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/medtronic-pay-over-92-million-settle-allegations-improper-payments-south-dakota-neurosurgeon
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/minnesota-based-medtronic-inc-pays-us-235-million-settle-claims-company-paid-kickbacks
The company is far from clean.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/medtronic-pay-441-million-resolve-allegations-it-unlawfully-sold-medical-devices-manufactured
https://www.beckersasc.com/asc-news/medtronics-60m-in-fraud-kickback-settlements-a-timeline.html
In the overall consideration, let’s not forget this, either. https://natlawreview.com/article/how-much-can-whistleblower-get-paid
Sharyl and Full Measure Team,
It is no accident “our” Veterans Admin.
– via an act of Congress – denies veterans
T-H-E most critical of health-care treatment
—for guarding good health :
DENTAL
Health
Care ( denied by the VA ).
Heart disease germinates through gums/
teeth/mouth bacteria.
So, we hear radio ads asking dentists to
VOLUNTEER their office/time/practice
toward aiding government-VA-harmed
veterans (( leaving them homeless on our
streets while THIEVES cross our borders
from ENEMY nations, and receive near
KINGLY treatment with five-star hotels,
free money, and promise of jobs
—notwithstanding )) !
– Rick