7 digital health companies facing legal action

Digital health can be a complicated industry; from data-sharing practices to false claims, digital health startups and established companies can face a slew of legal challenges.

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Here are seven digital health companies dealing with legal issues Becker’s has reported on since Dec. 21: 

 

  1. Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Transportation for allegedly packaging and transporting contaminated hardware.
  2. A group of senators are probing telehealth companies Monument, Workit Health and Cerebral on their data-sharing practices. 
  3. Health IT company CliniComp was ordered to pay Oracle Cerner $925,000 after losing a patent infringement legal battle.
  4. IronRod Health, a cardiac monitoring company, agreed to pay $673,200 to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to federal healthcare programs.
  5. BioTelemetry, a telehealth company, agreed to pay $45 million to settle allegations of outsourcing heart monitoring to India. 

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