Physician’s Whistleblowing Leads to $4 Million False Claims Act Settlement Over Kickback Allegations
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On April 2, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas announced that Oncology San Antonio, PA, and affiliated physicians, as well as CorePath Laboratories, PA have agreed to settle allegations of False Claims Act (FCA) violations. The settlements amount to $1.3 million and $2.7 million, respectively, resolving claims that the two entities engaged in illegal kickback practices starting August 2016. According to the government, CorePath Laboratories, a diagnostic reference laboratory, paid $115 for each biopsy referral by physicians at Oncology San Antonio, a hematology and oncology practice, to their separate private practices.
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