EHR vendor athenahealth to pay $18M+ to settle illegal kickback allegations January 29, 2021 Auto Bot athenahealth, department of justice, EHR, False Claims Act, Health IT, Legal, News, settlement 0 The vendor has agreed to pay $18.3 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by offering illegal kickbacks to boost EHR sales. The company denies any wrongdoing and said it agreed to settle to “put the matter behind us.”