NWI tied to medical-device kickback scheme, federal lawsuit states

By Giles Bruce of The Northwest Indiana Times A surgeon with ties to Northwest Indiana received millions of dollars from a medical-device company accused by the federal government of paying off doctors to use its products, a recently filed federal whistleblower lawsuit reveals. An Indiana surgeon identified in the civil complaint only as "Dr. A" — and who performed surgeries in Hobart, Merrillville and Munster — generated "by far" more revenue for Huntley, Illinois-based Life Spine than any other physician, including more than $22.9 million overall and roughly a quarter of sales in 2016 and 2017 alone, the lawsuit alleges. The second...

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