CEO SUMMARY: In recent years, federal prosecutors are filing ever greater numbers of civil actions and criminal indictments against individuals accused of healthcare fraud and abuse. This includes prosecutions of doctors alleged to have received illegal kickbacks from lab companies in exchange for referring medically unnecessary tests. Last month, one lab fraudster received a 15-year […]
Multi-year Prison Sentence for Genetic Test Fraud
Latest federal conviction provides labs with cautionary tale to educate physicians
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XXXII, No. 1 - January 6, 2025 Issue
- Tags: AKS, anti kickback statute, Bank Identification Number, Cergena Laboratories, Charles McElwee, Daniel M. Carver, Department of Justice, DOJ, forged signatures, Genetic test fraud, Gentec Solutions, Jay Weaver, Jose Goyos, kickback, lab risk & compliance, Louis Gino Carver, Maimi Herald, medically unnecessary test, Medicare, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, Medicare BIN, Office of Public Affairs, Olympus First Consulting, Progenix Lab, Theregene Diagnostics
