Case Description
Case Type: Whistleblower/ Qui TamCompany: AtriCure Inc.
Sanford Heisler Sharp brought a whistleblower/qui tam matter against AtriCure Inc., (“AtriCure”), a medical device manufacturer. Subsequently, AtriCure agreed to pay $4.15 million to resolve all claims against it. The Complaint charged that AtriCure violated the Federal False Claims Act by using illegal kickbacks and an off-label marketing campaign to induce doctors and hospitals to perform AtriCure’s costly inpatient cardiac surgical ablation procedures rather than standard, and more effective outpatient catheter ablation procedures. As a result, the Medicare program faced substantially increased costs from AtriCure’s unnecessary and expensive procedures.
Press Releases
November 4, 2009 - Relator's Attorneys Comment on Atricure/DOJ Proposed Settlement
Our News
Law360, February 3, 2010 - Atricure Settles Medicare Fraud Claims for $3.8M
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