Physicians Toxicology Laboratory And Its Owners To Pay $4.425 Million To Settle Allegations Of Unnecessary Drug Testing
GRAND RAPIDS – U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Physicians Toxicology Laboratory, LLC (PTL) of Tampa, Florida, has agreed to pay $4,425,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by causing physicians to order medically unnecessary urine drug testing and hormone testing and by submitting claims for reimbursement to the Medicare Program for those tests. Lund Capital Group, LLC (PTL’s grandparent company), PTL’s former president Matthew Ryan Lund, and Thomas C. Lund joined the settlement as jointly and severally liable co-defendants.
Action Details
- Date:January 3, 2025
- Agency:U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Michigan
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Enforcement Types:
- Criminal and Civil Actions