Texas lab, former CEO and Florida businessman agree to $36.4 million health care fraud settlement

Access DX Laboratory, its former CEO Michael Stewart, and Florida businessman Harold Shatz will pay a combined total of $36.4 million to resolve health care fraud allegations under the False Claims Act. The settlement centers on allegations that the parties paid kickbacks and submitted claims to Medicare and Medicaid for genetic testing that was medically unnecessary.

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The source identifies Access DX as a Texas laboratory and names Michael Stewart and Harold Shatz as the other parties in the resolution. No further facts are provided on admissions of liability, the mechanism of the alleged kickbacks, or any criminal charges.

The source states only that the payment is intended to resolve the allegations tied to billing for unnecessary genetic tests.

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