January 6, 2021

Exceltox, a genetic testing laboratory in California, has agreed to pay $357,584 to resolve allegations of submitting false claims to Medicare over two months in 2015.  With the help of a New Jersey-based contractor named Seth Rehfuss, Exceltox allegedly performed genetic tests on seniors in New Jersey-based senior housing complexes without proper orders from a treating physician, then submitted claims to Medicare for these tests.  For his role in the fraud, Rehfuss was sentenced to over 4 years in prison in 2019.  USAO NJ

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