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Lab owner pleads guilty to fraud charge for genetic tests
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Federal investigators said that Christopher Licata pleaded guilty to paying patient brokers to secure referrals from doctors for orders authorizing medically unnecessary genetic testing to Licata's laboratory, Boca Toxicology (dba Lab Dynamics). Licata and his lab would then bill Medicare for the tests, according to authorities.
January 13, 2022
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Bogus testing kickback scheme results in guilty plea
By Melissa Busch
Elizabeth Turner, the owner of Advanced Tele-Genetic Counseling, pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud conspiracy in the U.S. District Court in Nashville. Her company received approximately $234,730 in illegal kickback payments, according to a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Middle District of Tennessee.
December 21, 2021
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Lab owner sentenced to 82 months over COVID kickback scheme
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Court documents say Leonel Palatnik of Aventura, FL, allegedly conspired with co-owners of Panda Conservation Group, and with Michael Stein, the owner of 1523 Holdings, to pay illegal kickbacks to Stein in exchange for his work arranging for telemedicine providers to authorize genetic testing orders for Panda's laboratories.
November 11, 2021
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Podiatrist indicted for Medicare fraud for 'toenail tests'
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Carey "Craig" Williams, owner and operator of North Mississippi Foot Specialists and its in-house pharmacy, is accused of ordering medically unnecessary molecular diagnostic testing of patients' toenail clippings. The nails were tested for the bacteria that causes cat scratch disease, though it is unlikely to be found in toenails, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
November 2, 2021
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Lab owner, woman charged in Medicare kickback scheme
By LabPulse.com staff writers
A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment against Terry Steven Wilks Jr., owner of Acadian Diagnostic Laboratories in Baton Rouge, and Leslie Amanda McHugh, formerly a registered nurse in Florida. Wilks and McHugh are charged with conspiracy to defraud the U.S., offering and paying kickbacks, and soliciting and receiving kickbacks.
September 20, 2021
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3 in Fla. charged in $47M genetic testing scheme
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Christian McKeon, 35, and Athanasios Ziros, 42, both of Boca Raton, FL, were charged with one count each of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and conspiracy to pay and receive kickbacks, multiple counts of substantive healthcare fraud and kickback offenses, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and substantive counts of money laundering offenses. Gregory Orr, 64, of Boca Raton, was charged with one count of conspiracy to pay and receive kickbacks and one substantive count of receipt of kickbacks for his alleged role in this scheme, according to authorities.
May 4, 2021
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San Diego lab agrees to pay $3M in fraud case
By LabPulse.com staff writers
In an alleged two-year scheme, Phamatech paid Imperial Valley Wellness (IVW) medical group a per-specimen fee to submit Medicare beneficiaries' laboratory drug testing orders to the company. Many samples referred to Phamatech by IVW were also not medically necessary and, as a result, not eligible for Medicare reimbursement, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
October 4, 2020
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Mammaprint maker settles Medicare fraud lawsuit for $8M
By LabPulse.com staff writers
In a July 1 report, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) alleged that California-based genetic testing company Agendia intentionally delayed orders of its MammaPrint genetic assay to bypass Medicare's 14-day rule. The rule prevents laboratories from directly billing Medicare for a specimen test if a physician ordered the test within 14 days of a patient's discharge from a hospital.
July 5, 2020
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Head of Tenn. drug testing lab hit with $9M fine
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Michael Norman Dube and his wife Regan Gran Dube pleaded guilty to charges of healthcare fraud in connection with their drug testing company, American Toxicology Labs. The company specialized in performing urine screens for various entities that claimed to be opioid treatment facilities, according to federal investigators.
June 25, 2020
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Natera files patent lawsuit against Progenity
By LabPulse.com staff writers
The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas and alleges the use and sale of Progenity's noninvasive prenatal test infringes upon six of Natera's patents. The firm is seeking injunctive relief as well as monetary damages, according to a press statement.
June 18, 2020
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Feds arrest president of blood testing firm on fraud charges
By Brian Casey
Mark Schena was arrested on charges that he and Arrayit allegedly misled investors, manipulated the company's stock price, and conspired to commit healthcare fraud by submitting over $69 million in fraudulent claims for allergy and COVID-19 tests. The arrest was announced in a June 9 press statement by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California.
June 9, 2020
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Feds arrest Ga. woman for genetic, COVID-19 testing fraud
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Ashley Hoobler Parris was arrested on May 15 and charged with violating federal antikickback laws that prohibit payment for patient referrals for medical services. She was scheduled to have her initial court appearance that same day in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
May 17, 2020
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