Federal authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into allegations that 25 South Florida doctors and a dozen hospitals engaged in an ”elaborate scheme” in which the doctors received improper compensation for recommending or implanting pacemakers and defibrillators made by ELA Medical, an Italian company. The investigation stems from a whistle- blower lawsuit, filed in 2006 by a former ELA employee. For almost three years, the accusations were kept out of the public record. They were recently ordered to be made public by U.S. District Judge Adalberto Jordan. The lawsuit shines a new light on the much-criticized world of medical device sales, in which there have been repeated accusations of fraud. Some experts say such fraud is a major reason why Medicare healthcare costs in Miami are twice the national average.
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