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DOJ Charges Execs over Alleged Lab Kickbacks to Obtain Restitution
CEO SUMMARY: Multiple executives and sales representatives at True Health Diagnostics and Boston Heart Diagnostics have been named as defendants in a civil suit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice. The complaint centers on alleged kickbacks in return for clinical laboratory test…
In Civil Suit, DOJ Seeks Triple Damages for Lab Test Fraud
CERTAIN CLINICAL LABORATORY EXECUTIVES AND LAB SALES PROFESSIONALS may soon be made to pay where it hurts most—in their wallets. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on April 4 that it had joined a civil complaint against 18 defendant…
Another 10 Doctors Settle Laboratory Kickback Cases, Pay Back $1.68m
FALLOUT CONTINUES FROM A LARGE LABORATORY KICKBACK INVESTIGATION in Texas, as another 10 physicians and one healthcare executive agreed to settle with the government and pay back $1.68 million. Clinical lab sales teams throughout the United States will …
Seven Doctors Settle Lab Test Fraud Case
CEO SUMMARY: In January, a U.S. Attorney from East Texas announced that seven physicians and a hospital CEO had agreed to settle allegations of fraud involving the payment of bribes in exchange for lab test orders. This is a positive development for the clinical laboratory profession because it…
Federal Prosecutors Describe Illegal Lab Bribes to Physicians
PATHOLOGISTS AND CLINICAL LAB MANAGERS SHOULD WELCOME every federal prosecution of a physician who accepts illegal bribes and inducements in exchange for laboratory test referrals. If physicians understood that federal prosecutors would file criminal charges against them for this behavior, fewer doct…
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