DNA testing company settles health care fraud allegations for $42.6 million, banned from federal programs for 25 years

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A genetics testing company settled out of court for $42.6 over allegations of healthcare fraud.

dated October 9, UTC had allegedly paid kickbacks for lab referrals and billed for testing that was not medically necessary.Between 2013 and 2017, UTC allegedly paid physicians to order pharmacogenetic testing, which studies how an individual is affected by drugs. The

. The study required patients to have DNA testing done via buccal swab, which collects genetic material from the inside of a patient's cheek.

 

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