June 30, 2017

Mark McGuire, a former laboratory director at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority (dba Carolinas Healthcare System) will receive a whistleblower award of roughly $1.4 million from the $6.5 million the company agreed to pay to resolve charges it violated the False Claims Act by “up-coding” claims for urine drug tests in order to receive higher payment than allowed for the tests.  DOJ (WDNC)

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