Spinal screws allegedly counterfeited as part of a scheme to exploit California's duplicate payment for implants used in spinal fusions were implanted by surgeons in four other states in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks, according to a whistleblower complaint unsealed last month.
The alleged counterfeiting operation has been the subject of dozens of lawsuits by patients who allege their surgeons implanted knock-off hardware during procedures performed in California. But the complaint the Los Angeles Superior Court unsealed May 19 is the first to claim spinal ...
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