STAT+: Biogen to pay $22 million for illegally using charities to pay kickbacks to Medicare patients December 17, 2020 Los Angeles Biotechnology Network News Los Angeles Biotech News Comments Off on STAT+: Biogen to pay $22 million for illegally using charities to pay kickbacks to Medicare patients Biogen has agreed to pay $22 million to resolve allegations that donations it paid to charities were actually kickbacks to Medicare patients.