Practice Fusion, now a unit of Allscripts, will pay $145 million to settle criminal and civil investigations. Case includes a kickback scheme involving opioids as well as false claims regarding compliance with HITECH Act certification requirements. Practice Fusion agreed to pay over $26 million in criminal fines and forfeiture, the Justice Department says. The case includes kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies in exchange for implementing clinical decision support alerts in its EHR software designed to increase prescriptions for their drug products, including opioids, the DOJ says.”]
Source: https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/was-electronic-health-records-vendor-fined-145-million-a-13657