AGREEMENT PRESS RELEASE
Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces $49 Million Settlement With Biotech Testing Company, Progenity Inc., For Fraudulent Billing And Kickback Practices
Published by the United States Department of Justice | View article on www.justice.gov
Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Health, Office of Inspector General ("HHS OIG"), Leigh-Alistair Barzey, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Field Office of the U.S. Department of Defense - Office of Inspector General's Defense Criminal Investigative Service ("DCIS"), and Christopher Algieri, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA"), Office of Inspector General, Northeast Field Office ("VA OIG"), announced today a $49 million settlement with PROGENITY, INC. ("PROGENITY"), a San Diego-based biotechnology company that provides molecular and diagnostic tests.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
Attorney General Josh Stein Announces $49 Million Medicaid Fraud Settlement with Progenity
Penalty Amount: $0
Filed under: State Enforcement Agencies
(RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $49 million multistate settlement and an agreement in principle with biotechnology company Progenity Inc., to resolve allegations that the company fraudulently billed federal health care programs for prenatal tests and provided kickbacks to physicians to encourage them to order Progenity tests for their patients. North Carolina will receive $50,292.24 of the settlement to resolve claims relating specifically to North Carolina's Medicaid program.