East Alabama Medical Center (EAMC) and its subsidiary Aperian Laboratory Solutions, LLC agreed to pay an additional $4,250,000 to settle claims they violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and submitted false claims for payment to Medicare in violation of the False Claims Act. This settlement was in addition to earlier settlements in this same case of nearly $2.4 million.

The whistleblower was a former Aperian employee who attempted to stop the wrongful conduct internally, but he was ignored by his supervisors. He will be paid a whistleblower reward for his efforts under the False Claims Act qui tam provisions.

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