“This office is dedicated to ensuring that healthcare providers in the Western District make medical decisions that benefit their patients, not the providers’ bottom line.” Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. “The False Claims Act is an important legal tool in our rigorous fight to protect the integrity of our healthcare system from providers like Genova Diagnostics, that bill government programs for non-covered testing to boost profits at the expense of taxpayer dollars,” said Andrew Murray, U.S. “Providers of taxpayer-funded federal healthcare services will be held accountable when they knowingly cause false claims to be submitted for services that do not meet this standard of care.” “Government healthcare programs are designed to provide beneficiaries with care that is medically reasonable and necessary,” said Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt of the Department of Justice’s Civil Division.

Genova Diagnostics Inc., a clinical laboratory services company based in Asheville, North Carolina, has agreed to pay up to approximately $43 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, including claims that it billed for medically unnecessary lab tests, the Department of Justice announced today.

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