Midland, TX-based Ameritox, a drug-testing company that serves 10,000 doctors and two million patients in 28 states, has settled claims that they paid kickbacks to doctors for $16.3 million. Ameritox faced allegations that it paid doctors to win their Medicare business.

The original whistle-blower in the case, Debra Maul, will receive $3.4 million of that amount. Maul, a former senior sales representative at Ameritox, tried to convince the company to address their improper behavior, but with no success.

The federal government will receive nearly $15.5 million of the settlement, while Florida, Texas, and Massachusetts will split $814,000.

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