Electronic health record (EHR) vendor eClinicalWorks (eCW) recently entered into a settlement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) to resolve allegations under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) that eCW misrepresented its software and paid customers kickbacks to promote its products. The settlement imposes joint and several liability for payment on the EHR Vendor and three of its founders for $154.92 million, and liability for settlement payments individually by a developer ($50,000) and two project managers ($15,000 each). The settlement resolves a qui tam whistleblower action and the government’s complaint-in-intervention in United States ex rel. Delaney v. eClinicalWorks LLC, 2:15-CV-00095 (D. Vt.).
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