The Department of Justice announced that two cardiovascular disease testing laboratories have agreed to collectively pay $48.5 million to settle False Claims Act allegations.  According to DOJ, Health Diagnostics Laboratory Inc. (HDL) and Singulex Inc. paid kickbacks to physicians for referrals and billed for unnecessary tests.

The allegations against HDL and Singulex were brought by three whistleblowers.  At the time of the settlement with HDL and Singulex, DOJ announced that it planned to intervene in suits against another laboratory, Berkeley Heartlab, Inc. and a marketing company allegedly involved in the scheme, BlueWave Healthcare Consultants, Inc.  DOJ is also intervening in suits against three individuals–the CEO of HDL and the owners of BlueWave.

Read the entire press release, “Two Cardiovascular Disease Testing Laboratories to Pay $48.5 Million to Settle Claims of Paying Kickbacks and Conducting Unnecessary Testing”