The March of Legal Settlements Made by Pharmaceutical Companies is Diminishing - Presaging Even Less Accountablity for Top Health Care Organizational Leaders?

Introduction

We have long been discussing the legal settlements made by health care organizations of alllegations like fraud, bribery, and kickbacks. Despite the unsavory nature of the behaviors revealed by most settlements, which often appeared to risk patient harms, the companies involved usually have had to pay fines that were tiny
relative to their multi-billion dollar revenues. They