Stryker Corporation Rotten Score Breakdown

In November 2007, Stryker Corporation and its former outpatient therapy division, Physiotherapy Associates Inc., agreed to pay the United States $16.6 million to resolve allegations that false claims were submitted to Medicare and other federal health-care programs. The Justice Department alleged that Physiotherapy billed services as one-on-one treatment when they were not provided on that basis and improperly retained excess or duplicate payments from Medicare, state Medicaid programs and the Department of Defense's TRICARE program. The settlement resolved the government's civil allegations and required Physiotherapy to enter a corporate integrity agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. Source: U.S. Department of Justice https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2007/November/07_civ_918.html

In 2014, Stryker Corporation paid $911,219 to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that it and a distributor failed to disclose complete pricing and projected-sales information to government negotiators. The Justice Department said the alleged conduct allowed Stryker products to avoid heightened scrutiny under a Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Supply Schedule contract and resulted in federal agencies allegedly purchasing medical products at inflated prices. Stryker and the distributor resolved the case without admitting wrongdoing. Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Central District of California https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/two-medical-product-companies-pay-more-1-million-resolve-false-claims-lawsuit-alleged