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Boston Heart Diagnostics Pays $26.67 Million to Settle False Claims Act Case

Boston Heart Diagnostics Pays $26.67 Million to Settle False Claims Act Case

Boston Heart Diagnostics, a Massachusetts company, agree to pay $26.7 million to settle a False Claims Act case involving allegations of paying illegal kickbacks to physicians.  According to the settlement, Boston Heart charged Medicare and Medicaid patients for advanced lipid testing referred by providers who received kickbacks from independent marketers at the direction of Boston Heart.  Starting in 2015, Boston Heart provided advanced lipid testing...