Settlement Amount:
$1,600,000
A settlement has been reached to resolve allegations over heart procedures against Cleveland Clinic.
The Cleveland Clinic has agreed to pay $1.6 million to the United States Justice Department to settle allegations that it implanted cardiac devices into patients too soon after a heart attack or surgery.
Federal guidelines state that a patient can only have a device implanted 40 days after a heart attack and 90 days after surgery.
The Cleveland Clinic stated that doctors were aware of the imposed waiting periods but claim the treatments were “life-saving and life extending”.
The Cleveland Clinic is one of 11 hospital systems that have reached an agreement with the federal government over the procedures.
