August 16, 2019

2d Chance PLLC, a Kentucky-based substance abuse center, will pay $200,494 to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it entered into an arrangement with Compliance Advantage, LLC, a toxicology lab, whereby 2d Chance referred patients to Compliance Advantage for complex drug testing, and Compliance Advantage provided a no-cost chemistry analyzer to 2d Chance, allowing 2d Chance to perform some urine testing at its site and bill Medicaid for those services.  The financial arrangement violated the Anti-Kickback Statute.  EDKY

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