Zimmer Faces HHS Inspector General Subpoena

The orthopedics manufacturer announced in a recent filing that the US Health and Human Services watchdog has asked for a range of records related to health-care consulting arrangements.

Federal investigators are looking at Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.’s health-care consulting deals, the orthopedics giant said in an Aug. 8 public filing.

The quarterly filing with the US Securities & Exchange Commission says that the Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Inspector General in June requested “a variety of...

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