Businessman to Pay $27 Million to Resolve Medicare Fraud Claims

A Florida man has agreed to pay over $27 million to resolve allegations that he and his companies conspired with others to violate the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to, and receiving payments from, Medicare for cancer genomic (CGx) tests that were not medically necessary and were procured through illegal kickbacks, according to the Justice Department Friday.

Daniel Hurt, who owned or operated Fountain Health Services LLC, Verify Health, Landmark Diagnostics LLC, First Choice Laboratory LLC, and Sonoran Desert Pathology Associates LLC, also agreed to be excluded by the Department of Health and Human Services from Medicare, ...