Law360, New York (September 18, 2012, 4:43 PM ET) -- Drug-testing specialist Ameritox Ltd. defrauded Medicare and Medicaid by doling out a huge assortment of kickbacks to attract more physician customers and designing its business model with the goal of encouraging unnecessary testing, according to a False Claims Act complaint unsealed Friday.
Former sales representative Brian Eberhard says his ex-employer effectively bribed doctors into sending business its way by providing reduced-price technology for electronic health records, waiving copays for patients, distributing discounted supplies for drug tests billable to government health programs and leasing office space from...
Ameritox Faces FCA Suit Over Physician Kickbacks
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