The Washington cardiologist, who also served as a colonel in the U.S. Army, will be sentenced in November. Prosecutors and his defense team have recommended he receive 31 months in prison.
The 2016 payout totaled $770 million, with $71 million going to executives at Steward Health Care. That year, the hospital chain reported a net loss of $300 million.
The TriClip T-TEER device. Image courtesy of Abbott.
Treatment with TriClip has been consistently associated with minimal adverse events and significant improvements in quality of life. This latest update represents data from nearly 100 patients three years after implantation.