Security News in Brief: Electronic Health Records Technology Vendor to Pay $18.25 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations

Source: United States Department of Justice News

A national electronic health records (EHR) technology vendor based in Watertown, Massachusetts, athenahealth Inc. (Athena), has agreed to pay $18.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying unlawful kickbacks to generate sales of its EHR product, athenaClinicals, the Justice Department announced today.