FEDERAL OFFICIALS SCRUTINIZING COMPANY PAYMENTS TO DOCTORS

Ela Medical, a small producer of implantable heart devices, said this week that it had received a subpoena from federal health care fraud officials seeking information about possible inducements paid by the company to doctors using its products.

New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/business/22device.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin)