Ambulatory technology company NextGen Healthcare will pay $31 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that it violated the False Claims Act.
The Department of Justice alleged that NextGen violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by misrepresenting the capabilities of certain versions of its EHR software and providing unlawful remuneration to its users to induce them to recommend its software, according to a complaint made public the same day the settlement was announced.
The government contends that NextGen falsely obtained certification for its software in connection with the 2014 Edition certification criteria. Specifically, the DOJ claimed that the health tech company relied on an auxiliary product designed only to perform the certification test scripts, which concealed from the certifying entity that NextGen’s EHR lacked critical functionality. The government alleges that, consequently, the EHR that NextGen ultimately released to its users lacked certain required functionalities, including the ability to record vital sign data, translate data into required medical vocabularies, and create complete clinical summaries.
NextGen is a cloud-based technology provider serving medical practices and provides solutions spanning EHRs, patient engagement, revenue cycle management, data analytics and tools to support value-based care. The company brought in $653 million in revenue in 2022, up 9.% from $596 million in 2021.
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