In 2015, Konica Minolta acquired Viztek, a North Carolina-based health IT company. Two years later, a former Viztek employee brought a whistleblower case, which was filed under seal in the federal district court in New Jersey. It was unsealed on Thursday with the settlement agreement.
The complaint alleged that Viztek violated the False Claims Act by falsely representing that its EHR met the criteria for certification, which would allow it to receive incentive payments through the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program. read the rest here