Texas Lab Agrees To Pay $5.9M In FCA Suit Over Unneeded Tests Billed To Medicare

Mealey's (April 6, 2023, 12:22 PM EDT) -- BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The U.S. government and a qui tam relator stipulated to dismissal of their claims against a Texas lab after it agreed to pay at least $5.9 million to settle a suit alleging that the lab paid commissions to independently contracted marketers in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and False Claims Act (FCA) and submitted for payment claims for unnecessary testing to federal government health care programs....