May 7, 2018
Posted May 14, 2018
Dr. Robert Fetchero, Dr. Sridhar Pinnamaneni, and Dr. Thelma Green-Mack agreed respectively to pay $200,000, $370,000 and $130,000 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, and the Stark Law by receiving improper payments for referrals from Pennsylvania-based drug testing lab Universal Oral Fluid Laboratories. According to the government, these physicians referred Medicare patients to Universal for drug testing services while engaged in a financial relationship with the lab. (DOJ (WDPA)
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