The Justice Department has filed a complaint against two laboratory CEOs, one hospital CEO and other individuals and entities for referrals in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law, as well as claims improperly billed to federal healthcare programs for laboratory testing, according to a news release Monday.
The complaint alleges that laboratory executives and employees at True Health Diagnostics LLC and Boston Heart Diagnostics Corporation conspired with small Texas hospitals to pay doctors to induce referrals to the hospitals for laboratory testing, which was then performed by THD or BHD, according to the Justice Department.
The department ...
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