Lab Testing Company Settles FCA Unnecessary Testing Allegations For $27M

(October 3, 2024, 1:38 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C.  — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Oct. 2 announced that Precision Toxicology LLC, a urine drug testing toxicology laboratory, agreed to pay $27 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) and similar state false claims statutes for its role in billing Medicare, Medicaid and other federal insurers for medically unnecessary urine drug tests and for providing remuneration to physicians who agreed to refer laboratory testing to Precision....