A medical device sales representative who filed the False Claims Act lawsuit received a $1.37 million whistleblower award.
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) orthopedics and neurosurgery medical device unit DePuy Synthes has agreed to pay $9.75 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by providing illegal kickbacks to an orthopedic surgeon as an incentive for using its products.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the company gave more than $100,000 worth of spinal surgery devices and tools to the Massachusetts doctor, which he used in surgeries on private patients overseas between July 2013 and February 2018.