Modern Vascular

Modern Vascular is a group of affiliated outpatient clinics specializing in minimally invasive endovascular procedures for the treatment of peripheral.

History

2022: Patients had unnecessary surgeries worth tens of thousands of dollars using Boston Scientific equipment

On September 19, 2022, a case was unsealed from which it became known that Boston Scientific ignored complaints from its employees about the federal medical network Modern Vascular conducting unnecessary operations using its devices.

The lawsuit against Modern Vascular was filed in January 2020 and kept under the heading "secret" until United States Department of Justice it decided to intervene in mid-September 2022. The lawsuit, filed in district court USA in Arizona, alleged that Modern Vascular clinics performed unnecessary surgeries and engaged in an illegal "kickback" scheme to acquire patients, a violation of several federal fraud laws in the field. health care Boston Scientific does not appear as a defendant in the lawsuit.

IN USA a federal network of clinics performed tens of thousands of dollars worth of unnecessary surgery on patients using Boston Scientific equipment

Modern Vascular's network of clinics employs doctors treating patients with blocked arteries in their legs and feet. During one of the operations, they cleaned the plaques from the walls of the arteries using atherectomy devices supplied by Boston Scientific. In their lawsuit against Modern Vascular, doctors Jay Radhakrishnan and William Julien alleged that representatives of Boston Scientific wrote internal memos about unnecessary operations, but executives and managers "turned a blind eye to this," not wanting to harm sales of atherectomy devices.

A spokesman for Boston Scientific said the company "strongly" disagrees with the allegations.

{{quote 'We have investigated these issues and believe there was no inappropriate behavior on the part of Boston Scientific, a Boston Scientific spokesperson said in a statement. Another spokesman added that the company had previously been in touch with the US Department of Justice on the issue and that the company had complied with all their requests and would continue to do so. }} The case was combined with two other lawsuits against Modern Vascular, directed by whistleblowers against the company, on September 6, 2022. Whistleblower lawsuits are usually kept secret while the federal government decides whether to intervene in the case. The US Department of Justice filed a motion on September 15, 2022, notifying the court of its decision to enter the case, as a result of which this case was made public the next day.

{{quote 'In a statement, Modern Vascular said the complaints were made by competitors who don't know how the company's business works and that they have no basis. We intend to vigorously defend ourselves against these claims, the company^[1] }}

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