Electronic Health Record Vendor NextGen Pays $31M To Settle False Claims Suit

(July 17, 2023, 1:29 PM EDT) -- BURLINGTON, Vt. — NextGen Healthcare Inc., an electronic health record (EHR) vendor, will pay $31 million to settle allegations by the United States and two whistle-blowers that it manipulated its product to avoid failure to meet federal requirements and paid kickbacks for health care providers to buy the company’s system, according to an intervention complaint and settlement filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont....