March 4, 2021

Alabama-based Heart Center Research, LLC has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle allegations of receiving kickbacks from now-defunct Seattle-based medical testing company Natural Molecular Testing Corporation (NMTC) in exchange for referring patients for genetic testing.  In 2019, DOJ settled with three doctors and a medical practice also involved with the NMTC scheme, for $1.1 million.  USAO WDWA

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