Security News > 2020 > January > Why Was Electronic Health Records Vendor Fined $145 Million?

Federal prosecutors say Practice Fusion - now a unit of Allscripts - will pay $145 million to settle civil and criminal investigations related to its electronic health records system.

Practice Fusion agreed to pay over $26 million in criminal fines and forfeiture, the Justice Department says.

As part of separate civil settlements, Practice Fusion has agreed to pay a total of $118.6 million to the federal government and states to resolve allegations that it accepted kickbacks from the opioid company and other pharmaceutical companies and also caused its users to submit false claims for federal incentive payments by misrepresenting the capabilities of its EHR software.

Allscripts acquired Practice Fusion in February 2018 for $100 million.

"The CDS alerts that Practice Fusion agreed to implement did not always reflect accepted medical standards. In discussions with pharmaceutical companies, Practice Fusion touted the anticipated financial benefit to the pharmaceutical companies from increased sales of pharmaceutical products that would result from the CDS alerts," the Justice Department states.

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