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AGREEMENT PRESS RELEASE
Precision Toxicology Agrees to Pay $27M to Resolve Allegations of Unnecessary Drug Testing and Illegal Remuneration to Physicians
Published by the United States Department of Justice | View article on www.justice.gov
Precision Toxicology, doing business as Precision Diagnostics, has agreed to pay $27 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act and similar state statutes for billing Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health care programs for medically unnecessary urine drug tests, and for providing free items to physicians who agreed to refer expensive laboratory testing business to Precision. Precision, headquartered in San Diego, is one of the nation’s largest urine drug testing laboratories.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
AG Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Secures More Than $700,000 Through Multistate Action from Toxicology Laboratory
Penalty Amount: $0
Filed under: State Enforcement Agencies
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit secured more than $700,000 in a multistate action against Precision Toxicology, LLC d/b/a Precision Diagnostics, Inc. The action comes after allegations that Precision knowingly submitted or caused to be submitted false claims to federal healthcare programs related to urine drug testing that was not medically necessary or tainted by kickbacks.
Precision Toxicology Agrees To Pay $27 Million To Resolve Allegations Of Unnecessary Drug Testing And Illegal Kickbacks To Physician
Penalty Amount: $0
Filed under: State Enforcement Agencies
BALTIMORE, MD (October 15, 2024) – Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today
announced that his office has reached a settlement with Precision Toxicology for $27 million to
resolve allegations that it billed government health programs for medically unnecessary urine
drug tests and kickbacks to physicians in exchange for laboratory testing referrals.