Gamma Healthcare and three of its owners have agreed to pay $13.6 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
They allegedly submitted or caused the submission of claims to Medicare for polymerase chain reaction urinalysis laboratory tests that were not ordered by health care providers and were not medically necessary, according to the DOJ.
Gamma as well as owners Jerry W. Murphy and Jerrod W. Murphy have agreed to a 15-year exclusion from participating in federal health care programs, the DOJ said.
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